Antonio Adamini
Antonio Adamini (born December 25, 1792 in Agra (Bigogno district), Ticino (CH); † 1846 or 1847 in St. Petersburg ) was a Russian architect and engineer who made a name for himself primarily through the technically difficult construction of monuments Has.
Life
Little is known about Adamini's education; in any case, in 1818 he was appointed to the court of the Russian tsar together with his cousin Domenico Adamini. After a further career in administration, in 1836 he became an architect of the court directorship and the senior architect of the state bank. The important structural engineering achievement of this architect consists in the erection of the 25 m high monument for Tsar Alexander , a monolithic granite column in the year 1834, in front of the Winter Palace . The logistical preparation of this project took four years.
Works
Construction contracts
- Portico columns of St. Isaac's Cathedral , St. Petersburg, 1826, architect: de Montferrand
- Alexander Column, St. Petersburg, 1832–34, architect: de Montferrand
Realized own designs
- Victory Monument , Borodino, 1835–37
- Victory Monument , Smolensk, 1835–37
- Victory Monument , Kaunas, 1835–37
literature
- Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2
Web links
- Pillars on the Newa Article in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on nextroom.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamini, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bigogno |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1846 or 1847 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |