Great Architects: Jean Thomas de Thomon

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Jean Thomas de Thomon (1760–1813) was a French architect. At the invitation of Prince A. M. Golitsyn, he came to Russia (1799), where he received the title of academician at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1800) and professor of architecture (1810). From 1802, he served as a court architect. By order of Empress Maria Feodorovna, he created a garden temple-mausoleum in memory of Paul I in Pavlovsk (1807–1809). In the capital itself, buildings were rebuilt according to the master's designs, including the Laval House (now the building of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, English Embankment, 4), the famous Stock Exchange (Central Naval Museum, Birzhevaya Square, 4), and fountains that existed at the time along the road to Tsarskoye Selo were put into operation. Several noble mansions were also built in Saint Petersburg. He published the drawings of his main structures in a separate collection; in addition, he wrote and printed a treatise on art history with accompanying engravings, drawings, and plans. Unfortunately, no portraits of the architect have been preserved.

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