Architects Elizabethan era (1558-1603)
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli
Paris 1697 — St. Petersburg 29.04.1771
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was an Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic. His major works, including the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, are famed for extravagant luxury and opulence of decoration.
1697–1771