Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli

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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli , who was born in the family court architect and sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1700, in Paris. From an early age he learned the skill from his father, he was his apprentice.

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All Italian family in 1716 in the service moved to Russia. Rastrelli elder being a greater sculptor than architect, supervised the construction of the palace of the Empress in the Kremlin, and Rastrelli junior development project.

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In 1721 - 1727 years Francesco Rastrelli completed his first independent work - Palace of Antiochus Cantemir Nordic-style architecture .

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Along with the design of the Summer and Winter Palace Francesco married soon have a young family of five children born. Two die.

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Architect carries a huge amount of work, but Elizabeth is in no hurry to return him the title of chief architect, and salaries remain the same. Rastrelli decided on a trick - has announced his departure from Russia, and only after that he is regaining the coveted title and now has a salary of 1500 rubles a year.

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In 1764 Rastrelli and his family left St. Petersburg and went to Kurland, which is engaged in construction and Ruentalskogo Mitavsky palaces in Jelgava . Alas, neither the exact date of death or the resting place of the great architect is not known.