Biography of Antonio Solari

He is known for designing the grenade chamber and some towers of the Kremlin. Antonio Solari was born in Karon in the year. With a little boy, he began to work as an apprentice with his father - architect and sculptor Ginifile Solari. At 31, he was hired by the builder of the Milan Cathedral, but after the death of his father, he was removed from the post of chief builder of this structure.

Pietro Antonio helped his father in the construction of Milan Duomo and at the same time studied with him and other masters. There were no art educational institutions then, and large construction projects turned into training workshops. By the way, the “creative brigade” of Solari Sr. on the Duomo site was included by Leonardo da Vinci himself, who was a peer Pietro Antonio, as well as the famous Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, married to the daughters of the master Guinifors, respectively, to Sister Pietro.

In addition to the buildings, Solari created two works in the field of sculpture: the tomb of Bishop Marco de Captain in the Cathedral of Alessandria and the sculpture of Madonna in the castle of Sforza in Milan in the era of the revival of a clear specialization: the concept of “Arctic” was then comprehensive and every master wanted to show all the facets of his talent.

In the year of Antonio, Russian ambassadors Dmitry and Manuel Ralevy invite Moscow to visit Moscow. Solari comes, but not one, but with a whole delegation - accompanied by his student Tsantonio, the foundry of the guns of Jacobo and the silverik Christopher with two disciples. The Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III turns his attention to the Italian architect and provides him with special trust.

This trust develops into projects under the leadership of Solari, which was handed over to him by another Italian Marco Rufo: the construction of 7 of the 20 towers of the Kremlin, Borovitskaya, Konstantino-Eleninskaya, Spasskaya, Nikolskaya, Senate, and the angular arsenal. The architect begins to call in the Russian manner - Peter Antonin, it is under this name that he is listed in the annals of that time.

It was on the Borovitsky tower of the Moscow Kremlin that the oldest image of the Russian coat of arms was preserved. The age of the coat of arms indicates the fact that it is mounted in the tower itself at an altitude of 18 meters - this could be done only when the construction is built in the year. How this attribute of tsarist Russia survived during the Soviet regime - a riddle, but today, like years ago, decorates the tower of the Moscow Kremlin.

The tower was erected by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari in the year and served as an entrance to the economic half of the sovereign of the courtyard, separated from its front door with a stone wall erected in the year. Then Solari also erected the wall from Borovitskaya to the corner water tower, which begins the system of the Kremlin’s towers walking from the Moscow River.

Having lived an interesting life, the Italian architect Solari, about which very little information has reached this day, managed to capture his name not only through beautiful projects in Italy, but also through the structures important for Russia. The Italian died 3 years after the construction of the towers, in the year. This is another historical fact that confirms the long and deep connection between Russia and Italy.

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