DOMENICO TREZZINI E ALTRI MAESTRI TICINESI A PIETROBURGO E TALLINN ALL’INIZIO DEL SETTECENTO

Abstract

The activities and work of architect Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734),and the masters that arrived in Russia with him, have been researchedfor a long time, and many contentions have been concretised ordisproven at various times. This article focuses on the issue of howmasters from a single area – Ticino, Switzerland – ended up creatingimportant fortifications, palaces and churches in the Russian Empireduring the reign of Peter the Great at the beginning of 18th century.The author describes the movement of Trezzini and the Ticino mastersfrom Copenhagen to Moscow as reported in various historical sourcesand the works of Danish and Russian researchers.