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design by Quarenghi

  • Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. The building was designed by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi.
    In Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi

    …of academic structures, including the Academy of Sciences (1785–90), the Catherine Institute (1804–07; now the Saltykov-Shchedrin Library), and the Smolny Institute (1806–08). At the royal residence of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), Quarenghi designed the baths, concert hall, church, the Alexander Palace, and other structures.

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