Yury Felten
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Georg Friedrich Veldten, also known as Yury Matveyevich Felten, was a Russian architect who served at the court of Catherine the Great.
Portrait by Stepan Shchukin, 1786
Cast-iron railing of the Summer Garden in St Petersburg
Chesme Church
Chesme Church
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The Chesme Church, is a small Russian Orthodox church at 12 Lensoveta Street, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built by the Russian court architect Yury Felten in 1780, at the direction of Catherin
Yury Felten
…Catherine Palace, as well as his contributions at the Winter Palace and elsewhere. He also designed two Lutheran churches in central St. Petersburg, the Chesme Palace (Russian: Чесменский дворец: damaged during the Siege of Leningrad and restored in 1946) and the Church of Saint John at Chesme Palace. Felten was also…
Chesme Church in Saint Petersburg, interior nowadays (2014)
Close architectural view of the Chesme Church
Chesme Palace opposite Chesme Church - under reconstruction (2015)