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Auguste de Montferrand, the Glossary

Auguste de Montferrand (Ogyust Monferran; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French classicist architect who worked primarily in Russia.^[1]

75 relations: Abraham-Louis Breguet, Académie d'architecture, Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Agustín de Betancourt, Alexander Brullov, Alexander Column, Alexander I of Russia, Alexander II of Russia, Andrey Voronikhin, Antonio Rinaldi (architect), Architect, Arno, Battle of Dresden, Battle of Hanau, Boris Orlovsky, Bourbon Restoration in France, Caduceus, Capital (architecture), Catherinehof, Charles Percier, Classicism, Deep foundation, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eugène Pluchart, Four Evangelists, France, Hamina, Hermitage Museum, Iconostasis, Italy, Ivan Vitali, Joseph Bové, Karl Bryullov, Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Kingdom of France, Konstantin Thon, Lathe, Legion of Honour, Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace, Lyceum (classical), Metal casting, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Mikhail Kutuzov, Molding (process), Montferrand (district of Clermont-Ferrand), Montmartre Cemetery, Monument to Nicholas I, Moscow, Moscow Manege, Napoleon, ... Expand index (25 more) »
Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures
French neoclassical architects
Russian neoclassical architects

Abraham-Louis Breguet

Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry, including the tourbillon.

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Académie d'architecture

The Académie d'Architecture is a French learned society whose purpose is the recognition of architectural quality.

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Admiralty, Saint Petersburg

The Admiralty building is the former headquarters of the Admiralty Board and the Imperial Russian Navy in Central St. Petersburg, Russia and the current headquarters of the Russian Navy.

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Agustín de Betancourt

Agustín de Betancourt y Molina (r; Augustin Bétancourt; 1 February 1758 – 24 July 1824) was a Spanish engineer, who worked in Spain, France and Russia.

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Alexander Brullov

Alexander Pavlovich Brullov, sometimes Brulloff, Brulleau until 1822 (29 November 1798 – 9 January 1877) was a Russian artist associated with Russian Neoclassicism.

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Alexander Column

The Alexander Column (Алекса́ндровская коло́нна, Aleksandrovskaya kolonna), also known as Alexandrian Column (Александри́йская коло́нна, Aleksandriyskaya kolonna), is the focal point of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Auguste de Montferrand and Alexander Column are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I (–), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825.

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Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II (p; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881.

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Andrey Voronikhin

Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin (Андрей Никифорович Воронихин; 28 October 1759, Novoe Usolye, Perm Oblast – 21 February 1814, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian architect and painter. Auguste de Montferrand and Andrey Voronikhin are Russian neoclassical architects.

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Antonio Rinaldi (architect)

Antonio Rinaldi (Palermo, 25 August 1709 – Rome, 10 April 1794) was an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.

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Arno

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy.

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Battle of Dresden

The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battle of Hanau

The Battle of Hanau was fought from 30 to 31 October 1813 between Karl Philipp von Wrede's Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon's retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Boris Orlovsky

Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky (1790s – 28 December 1837) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor.

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Bourbon Restoration in France

The Second Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of the First French Empire in 1815.

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Caduceus

The caduceus (☤;; cādūceus, from κηρύκειον kērū́keion "herald's wand, or staff") is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian mythology.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Catherinehof

Ekaterinhof or Catherinehof (Екатеринго́ф "Shortly before my departure, I gave a party at Ekaterinhof for all my friends and provided an excellent fireworks display at no cost to myself. They were a gift from my friend Melissino. But my supper, at a table set for thirty, was exquisite and my ball brilliant". Auguste de Montferrand and Catherinehof are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Charles Percier

Charles Percier (22 August 1764 – 5 September 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. Auguste de Montferrand and Charles Percier are 19th-century French architects, architects from Paris and French neoclassical architects.

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Classicism

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.

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Deep foundation

A deep foundation is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does to a subsurface layer or a range of depths.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Eugène Pluchart

Eugène Pluchart (Russian: Евгений Александрович Плюшар, 1809, Saint Petersburg - c. 1880, Dresden) was a Russian painter and photographer of French descent.

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Four Evangelists

In Christian tradition, the Four Evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors attributed with the creation of the four canonical Gospel accounts.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Hamina

Hamina (Fredrikshamn,, Sweden) is a town and a municipality of Finland.

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Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum (p) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Iconostasis

In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis (εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Ivan Vitali

Ivan Petrovich Vitali (Иван Петрович Витали; 1794–1855) was a Russian sculptor of Italian descent.

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Joseph Bové

Joseph Bové, also Joseph Jean-Baptiste Charles de Beauvais or Osip Ivanovich Bove (Осип Иванович Бове; &mdash), was an Italian-Russian neoclassical architect who supervised the reconstruction of Moscow after the Fire of 1812. Auguste de Montferrand and Joseph Bové are Russian neoclassical architects.

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Karl Bryullov

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov, also Briullov or Briuloff, born Charles Bruleau (Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; –) was a Russian painter.

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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor (Kazanskiy kafedral'nyy sobor), also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg. Auguste de Montferrand and Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.

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Konstantin Thon

Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (Константи́н Андре́евич Тон; October 26, 1794 – January 25, 1881) was an official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Nicholas I. His major works include the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.

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Lathe

A lathe is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace

Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence or the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace is a building at 12 Admiralteysky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky. Auguste de Montferrand and Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Lyceum (classical)

The Lyceum (Lykeion) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god").

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In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised –) was a Russian Field Marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Mikhail Kutuzov

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский; Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kutuzov Fürst von Smolensk; –) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire.

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Molding (process)

Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix.

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Montferrand (district of Clermont-Ferrand)

Montferrand is a district of the modern town of Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne.

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Montmartre Cemetery

The Cemetery of Montmartre (Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Auguste de Montferrand and Montmartre Cemetery are Burials at Montmartre Cemetery.

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Monument to Nicholas I

The Monument to Nicholas I (Памятник Николаю I) is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square (in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Auguste de Montferrand and monument to Nicholas I are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Moscow Manege

The Moscow Manege (Мане́ж) is an oblong building along the west side of Manege Square, which was cleared in the 1930s and lies adjacent to Red Square.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I (–) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland.

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Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod is the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia.

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Nizhny Novgorod Fair

Nizhny Novgorod Fair (old name — Makaryev Fair) (Нижегородская ярмарка) was a fair in Nizhny Novgorod held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Auguste de Montferrand and Nizhny Novgorod Fair are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Odesa

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

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Pagoda

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia.

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Palace Square

Palace Square (p), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg

Peter Jakob Freiherr Clodt von Jürgensburg, known in Russian as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (Пётр Карлович Клодт; 5 June 1805, Saint Petersburg – 25 November 1867, Klevenoye, Vyborg Governorate), was a favourite sculptor of Nicholas I of Russia.

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Peter the Great

Peter I (–), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725.

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Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine

Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (20 September 1762 – 10 October 1853) was a French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer. Auguste de Montferrand and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are 19th-century French architects and French neoclassical architects.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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Ruble

The ruble or rouble (p) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian units of measurement

Traditional Russian units of measurement were standardized and used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution, but were abandoned after 21 July 1925, when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system, per the order of the Council of People's Commissars.

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Isaákiyevskiy Sobór) is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Auguste de Montferrand and Saint Isaac's Cathedral are Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Shallow foundation

A shallow foundation is a type of building foundation that transfers structural load to the Earth very near to the surface, rather than to a subsurface layer or a range of depths, as does a deep foundation.

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Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

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Trocadéro, Paris

The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.

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Tsar

Tsar (also spelled czar, tzar, or csar; tsar; tsar'; car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs.

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Vasily Stasov

Duke Vasily Petrovich Stasov (Russian: Васи́лий Петро́вич Ста́сов; 4 August 1769 – 5 September 1848) was a famous Russian architect, born into a wealthy noble family: his father, Pyotr Fyodorovich Stasov, came from one of the oldest aristocratic families founded in 1387 by the 1st Duke Stasov Dmitri Vasilevich and his mother, Anna Antipyevna, came from the prominent Priklonsky family. Auguste de Montferrand and Vasily Stasov are Russian neoclassical architects.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_de_Montferrand

Also known as Auguste Montferrand, Auguste Ricard de Montferrand, Auguste-Ricard de Montferrand.

, Nicholas I of Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Fair, Odesa, Pagoda, Palace Square, Paris, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Peter the Great, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Portico, Ruble, Russia, Russian units of measurement, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Shallow foundation, Thuringia, Trocadéro, Paris, Tsar, Vasily Stasov, Vincenzo Brenna, Virolahti, Winter Palace, 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures

French neoclassical architects

Russian neoclassical architects

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