Trezzini
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Trezzini family of Italian-speaking natives of Astano, canton of Ticino
, Switzerland
produced architects, notable for their work in Russia
in 18th century. Trezzini were nobles, with a properly chartered coat of arms. The identity of some Trezzinis and relationships between them is disputable.
Ticino
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
produced architects, notable for their work in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
in 18th century. Trezzini were nobles, with a properly chartered coat of arms. The identity of some Trezzinis and relationships between them is disputable.
- Domenico Giovanni TrezziniDomenico TrezziniDomenico Trezzini was a Swiss Italian architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture.Domenico was born in Astano, near Lugano, in the Italian-speaking Ticino . He probably studied in Rome...
(1670, AstanoAstanoAstano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Astano is first mentioned in 1272 as Astanum. The old village center has some architecturally notable buildings, such as the Ca 'da Roma. In the Middle Ages the monastery of S. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro...
- 1734 Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
), also russified to Andrey Yakimovich Trezin or Andrey Petrovich Trezin, was the first Ticino architect to settle in Russia, notable for development of Petrine BaroquePetrine BaroquePetrine Baroque is a name applied by art historians to a style of Baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly-founded Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, under this monarch and his immediate successors.Unlike contemporaneous Naryshkin...
and building Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
's first stone structures. He was married three times, which explains vast differences in birth years of his children and confusion among their relationship (see below).- Pietro Trezzini (1710, Astano - 1734, Astano), son of Domenico Giovanni Trezzini, left Russia in 1725. He is sometimes confused with architect Pietro Trezzini, but, most likely, they are two distinct personalities
- Matteo Trezzini (after 1710 - after 1750), russified to Matvey Andreevich Trezzini, another son of Domenico Giovanni Trezzini, returned to Saint Petersburg after his father's death, and practiced medicine (according to Russian archives).
- Carlo Giuseppe Trezzini (1697, Astano - 1768, Saint Petersburg)), russified to Osip Petrovich Trezzini, was an architect married to Domenico Trezzini's daughter, Maria Lucia Tomasina Trezzini. His architectural input is proven only in Saint Petersburg's Twelve Colleges Building, however, he probably was a very capable construction manager. He is credited with inviting other Ticino and Lugano families to Saint Petersburg.
- Pietro Antonio TrezziniPietro Antonio TrezziniPietro Antonio Trezzini was a Swiss architect from the Trezzini family who worked primarily in St. Petersburg. After several years of training in Milan, Trezzini arrived in St...
(? - 1759), russified as Pyotr Trezin, also an architect, has worked with Domenico Trezzini. He is, most likely, not Domenico's son. Pietro Trezzini is credited with Baroque buildings in Saint Petersburg and St. Clement's Church in Moscow.
- Giuseppe Trezzini (1732, Astano - 1785, LuganoLuganoLugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
), was an architect in Saint Peterburg