Smolny Convent
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Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the left bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, consists of a cathedral and a complex of buildings
Aerial view of Smolny Convent
Smolny Cathedral (Sobor)
The smaller bell tower
Opened model of The Smolny Cathedral
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
Smolny Convent
…convent's main church (catholicon or sobor), a blue-and-white building, is considered to be one of the architectural masterpieces of the Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who also redesigned the Winter Palace, and created the Grand Catherine Palace (Yekaterininsky) in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), the Grand Palace in Peterhof…
Portrait by Pietro Rotari (1762)
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