Ippolit Antonovich Monighetti (1819–1878) was a Russian architect of

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who worked for the

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family. Member and professor by rank of the

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Biography

Monighetti attended the Stroganov Art School and then studied at the

under

Alexander Brullov Alexander Pavlovich Brullov (, spelled Brulleau until 1822, when the family name was changed according to Russian pronunciation, sometimes also spelled Brulloff; 29 November 1798 – 9 January 1877) was a Russian artist associated with Russian ...

, matriculating in 1839 with a gold medal. His extensive journeys in

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and

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in the 1840s predetermined his interest in revivalist architecture. Monighetti started his career as a fashionable architect by designing a cluster of

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...

s in

Tsarskoe Selo Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the cen ...

, notable those for Princess

Yusupov Yusupov (russian: Юсу́пов) or Yusupova (feminine; ) is a Chechens, Chechen, Tatar and Uzbeks, Uzbek surname, which is common in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It may refer to: *House of Yusupov, royal Russian family, of Tatar desce ...

and Prince Bagration. In 1850, he was commissioned by

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to stylise a Turkish bath in the

Catherine Park The Catherine Park (russian: Екатерининский парк) is the large landscaped area to the south of the Catherine Palace, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg, Russia. The park has t ...

as a little mosque. In the 1860s, Monighetti was responsible for refurbishing several rooms of the

Catherine Palace The Catherine Palace (russian: Екатерининский дворец, ) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The Palace is part of the ...

. On the strength of his success in Tsarskoe Selo, Monighetti was asked by Alexander II to design his summer residence in Livadiya,

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. Of his Crimean structures, only the neo-Byzantine church of the

Livadia Palace Livadia Palace (russian: Ливадийский дворец, uk, Лівадійський палац) is a former summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family in Livadiya, Crimea. The Yalta Conference was held there in ...

still stands. He also refurbished the imperial yachts '' Livadia'' and '' Derzhava''. In the 1870s, Monighetti designed new interiors for the

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(near

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and the Yusupov Palace (both in

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). At the end of his life, Monighetti became interested in the

Russian Revival The Russian Revival style (historiographical names are: ''Russian style'', russian: русский стиль, ''Pseudo-Russian style'', russian: псевдорусский стиль, ''Neo-Russian style'', russian: нео-русский стил ...

. He applied the newly fashionable style to the

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, the Russian church in

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, Switzerland, and the sepulchre for Alexander II's illegitimate children in

Works

RUS-2016-Pushkin-Catherine Park-Turkish Bath Pavilion 02.jpg, The Turkish Bath at

Tsarskoye Selo Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the cen ...

Villa of Princess Yusupova.jpg, Monighetti's plan for the Yusupov Villa (1856) Monighetti.jpg, Draft plan of the

Polytechnic Museum The Polytechnic Museum (russian: Политехнический музей) is one of the oldest science museums in the world and is located in Moscow. It showcases Russian and Soviet technology and science, as well as modern inventions. It was fo ...

in Moscow (1880s)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monighetti, Ippolit Russian people of Swiss descent 1819 births 1878 deaths 19th-century architects from the Russian Empire