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Great Architects: Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli

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Count Bartholomew Bartholomeevich (Bartolomeo) Rastrelli; also Francesco Rastrelli, was born in 1700 in Paris. The date of Rastrelli's death and place of burial are unknown, but it is assumed that he died in Mitava in 1771 and was buried next to his wife Maria near the Reformed Church. This grave was lost during World War II. A Russian architect of Italian origin, an academician of architecture of the Imperial Academy of Arts. The name Rastrelli is practically synonymous with the Elizabethan style, as during the reign of Elizabeth I, Rastrelli led most of the major construction projects in Russia.

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