Charlemagne I. I. (1782-1861), architect

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CHARLEMAGNE Iosif Iosifovich (1782 - 1861, St. Petersburg), architect, graphic artist, privy counsellor (1861). Born to a family of French origin, the brother of L.I. Charlemagne. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1803). In 1745, apprenticed under C. Cameron, worked as architect's L. Rusca assistant, after 1817 completed his projects (e.g., the building of the Theological academy at 7 Obvodny Canal Embankment), was a member of the Urban Planning Committee within the State Economy and Public Building Department, worked as an architect in several departments. In 1826, was assigned for the building of the Peterhof Palace Administration. Charlemagne's first independent project was a pavilion at Mikhailovsky Palace (1819-20), stylized as a riding-hall. His major works in St. Petersburg are: the rebuilding of the Lithuanian Castle (1823-26, has not survived), the residential house for the merchants Ustinov (1817-22), the Stockyard (1823-26), and various constructions in Peterhof (1830-40s), Orlovo-Novosiltsevksy almshouse (1834-41, partially intact). Buried at the Catholic Cemetery on Vyborgskaya Side.

Reference: Антонов В. В. Братья Шарлемани // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, XIX - начало XX века. СПб., 1998. С. 212-219.

V. V. Antonov. Charlemagne Iosif Iosifovich
Charlemagne Ludwig Iosifovich
Rusca Luigi (Aloisy Ivanovich)
the Ustinovs
Obvodny Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 7
Антонов В. В. Братья Шарлемани // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, XIX - начало XX века. СПб., 1998 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Theological Academy
Mikhailovsky Castle
Lithuanian Castle.
Stockyard