Krakau, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1817 - 1888), an architect

Subject / Architecture/Personnel
Aleksandr Ivanovich Krakau (1817 - 1888), an architect, artist. During 1826-1839 he learned in the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. K.A. Ton was his teacher. During 1843-1850 A.I. Krakau studied the Renaissance architecture in Italy. In 1850 A.I. Krakau became an academician of architecture and a professor of the Academy of Arts in 1871. He took part in building the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Most significant Krakau's works: a building of the Baltiysky (Baltic) Ralway Station (1855-1857), the mansion of Baron A.L. Shtiglits in Angliyskaya (English) Embankment (1859-1863), the building of the Designing College of Baron A.L. Shtiglits (1878-1881). In 1873-1875 the Church of the Holy Trinity was built on Krakau's project in Ivangorod Town. The church was the family burial-vault of the Barons Shtiglitses. A.I. Krakau was buried in the Smolenskoye Orthodox cemetery in St. Petersburg. Margolis, Aleksandr Davidovich
Krakau, George Alexandr (Aleksandr Ivanovich)
Stiglitz, Aleksandr Ludwigovich, Baron
Ton, Konstantin Andreyevich
Leningrad Oblast, the/Ivangorod Town
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Кириков Б.М., Штиглиц М.С. Петербург немецких архитекторов: От барокко до авангарда. СПб., 2002., 148-153
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The Church of the Holy Trinity (Ivangorod Town)