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Domenico Trezzini (ca. 1670 - 1734 ) was a Swiss Architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian Architecture . Domenico was born in Astano , near Lugano , in the Italian speaking Ticino (at that time administered by the German speaking Cantons ). He probably studied in Rome . Subsequently, as he was working in Denmark , he was offered by Peter I Of Russia , among other Architects , to design buildings in the new Russia n capital city, St. Petersburg . Since 1703, when the city was founded, he substantially contributed to its most representative buildings. The Peter And Paul Fortress with the Peter And Paul Cathedral , the Twelve Collegia Building (now the headquarters of Saint Petersburg University ) as well as Peter's Summer House count among his many achievements. He also helped found and design Kronstadt and the Alexander Nevsky Monastery . Domenico Trezzini was very important for another aspect of Russian architectural history: in founding a school based on the European model, he laid the foundations for the development of the Petrine Baroque . As a testimony of the cordial relationship that linked Domenico Trezzini with the Tsar , his son Pietro Antonio Trezzini (who also became a noted architect) had Peter I Of Russia himself as a godfather. REFERENCES
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