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Józef Gosławski (Polish Sculptor)
Józef Gosławski may refer to: * Józef Gosławski (architect) (1865–1904), Polish Russian architect * Józef Gosławski (sculptor) (1908–1963), Polish sculptor and medallic artist {{hndis, Goslawski, Jozef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Gosławski (architect)
Józef Gosławski, also known as Iosif Vikentievich Goslavsky (russian: Иосиф Викентьевич Гославский; 1865 – 30 January 1904) was a Polish architect mainly active in Baku, Azerbaijan. Life and contributions Józef Gosławski was born near Warsaw in Congress Poland to a noble Polish family. In 1891, he graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering in Saint Petersburg, and a year later he was appointed chief architect of the city of Baku (present-day capital of Azerbaijan). His first task was to assist the local architect Robert Marfeld in designing and supervising the construction of the largest church in the Caucasus, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Baku. The building of the grandiose cathedral was completed in 1898 with the help of Baku's Eastern Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish communities who provided funding in addition to the money provided by the government. Gosławski's other architectural contributions in Baku were the Taghiyev Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
