Francesco Boffo
Francesco Carlo Boffo (Cyrillic: Франц Карлович Боффо; 8 September 1796 – Cherson, 10 November 1867) was a Neoclassical architect who designed more than 30 buildings in Odesa between 1818 and 1861, including the famous Potemkin Stairs. Boffo (Boffa in Italian) was born in 1796 in Arosio (now Montagnola near Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland) and was apprenticed to an architect in Ticino. He then joined the University of Turin before entering the service of the Potocki noble family in Poland.
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Francesco Boffo
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- Born
- 1796 · Orosei.
- Died
- 1867 · Kherson.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Dubiecki Manor in Vasylivka · Statue of Graf Vorontsov and Odesa
- Languages
- Italian
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Francesco Carlo Boffo (Cyrillic: Франц Карлович Боффо; 8 September 1796 – Cherson, 10 November 1867) was a Neoclassical architect who designed more than 30 buildings in Odesa between 1818 and 1861, including the famous Potemkin Stairs. Boffo (Boffa in Italian) was born in 1796 in Arosio (now Montagnola near Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland) and was apprenticed to an architect in Ticino. He then joined the University of Turin before entering the service of the Potocki noble family in Poland.
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Born at Orosei in 1796, died in Kherson in 1867.
The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Turin. Employment is recorded with Polytechnic University of Turin. Works named in the authority record are Dubiecki Manor in Vasylivka and Statue of Graf Vorontsov, Odesa.
Шильда на Потемкинських сходах в Одесі: "Споруджено 1837-1841 рр за проєктом арх. Ф. Боффо. Реставровано 1933 р."
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