Charlemagne L. I. (1784-1845), architect

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CHARLEMAGNE Ludovik Iosifovich (1784 - 1845, St. Petersburg), architect, master of the Empire style. I. I. Charlemagne's brother. Upon graduating the Academy of Fine Arts (1806) worked as the assistant of the architects L. Rusca and А.А. Mikhailov. From 1820, appointed architect of the Court Commission Bureau. In 1823-24, he built the wooden Golovinsky mansion; in 1827, the Tea house in the Summer Garden; in 1836, the Ministerial Mansion. He designed a number of large public buildings: the Workhouse (1829-32) at the Pryazhka River Embankment, Kalinkinsky Hospital (1830-33), Alexander Lyceum (rebuilt in 1831-34). He is the designer of the Summer Garden iron railing from the side of the Moika River, cast in 1826. He was buried at the Volkovskoe Cemetery.

Reference: Антонов В. В. Братья Шарлемани // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, XIX - начало XX века. СПб., 1998. С. 219-224.

V. V. Antonov. Charlemagne Iosif Iosifovich
Charlemagne Ludwig Iosifovich
Mikhaylov Alexander Alexeevich
Rusca Luigi (Aloisy Ivanovich)
Pryazhka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Антонов В. В. Братья Шарлемани // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, XIX - начало XX века. СПб., 1998 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Lyceum