Dalle rive della Neva. Epistolari di tre famiglie nella Russia degli zar
Academy of Architecture
Like many of their fellow countrymen, the architects Visconti, Ruggia and Staffieri pursued fame and fortune in the Russia of the tsars, following the trail blazed at the dawn of the eighteenth century by Domenico Trezzini, the celebrated protagonist of the foundation of Saint Petersburg. Their vicissitudes appear between the lines of the letters sent to family, relatives and friends, brought together, fully annotated, in this volume to give a clear picture of the interweaving of family and professional relations in the context of Russian architecture and society.