Giovanni Scudieri
Giovanni Scudieri (* 1817 in Padua ; † July 5, 1851 in Tbilisi ) was an Italian architect . He first worked in what is now Ukraine , later in Georgia . From 1848 to 1851 he was the chief architect of Tbilisi.
The Russian Governor General of New Russia and Bessarabia, Prince Mikhail Voronzow, commissioned him to build public buildings in Odessa . After being appointed Viceroy of the Caucasus , Vorontsov brought him to the Georgian capital Tbilisi in 1848, where he was made chief architect.
Scudieri built the Vorontsov Bridge (1848), the city's first stone bridge, the Mshrali Bridge (1849–1851), the Caravanserai (1850), a four-storey multifunctional building with restaurants and shops, the Tbilisi Theater (1851), in Tbilisi , a venue for theater and opera performances , and the Military Cathedral (1851), an Orthodox church for the Russian armed forces stationed in Tbilisi.
He died in 1851 while the cathedral was being built.
literature
- Vachtang Beridze: Architecture of Tbilisi , 1801–1971, Volume I, Tbilisi, 1960
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scudieri, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1851 |
| Place of death | Tbilisi , Tbilisi Governorate , Russian Empire |