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Smolny Cathedral in Saint Petersburg
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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; Florence, Italy, 1700 - Saint Petersburg, Russia, 29 April 1771) was an Italian architect naturalized Russian. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and...
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Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг (help·info), tr.: Sankt-Peterburg, Russian pronunciation: [sankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] or [sankt pʲətʲerˈburk]) is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's...
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