Video: Construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral in 49 lithographs
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
When he was the architect of St. Isaac's Cathedral, Auguste de Montferrand meticulously recorded on paper all the key moments of construction. In 1845, without waiting for the finishing work to be completed, he published in Paris a luxurious album with 49 lithographs depicting the unique construction site of his time:
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Links to two more galleries with images of the construction of Isaac: Gallery 1 and Gallery 2. Among them there are drawings by Montferrand, here is one of them - between the vaults and the roof of St. Isaac's Cathedral.
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