Pietro Antonio Solari

Pietro Antonio Solari and Marco Ruffo (at the bottom). Fragment of miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible.

Pietro Antonio Solari (Latin: Petrus Antonius Solarius;[1] c. 1445 – May 1493), also known as Pyotr Fryazin (Russian: Пётр Фрязин), was an Italian architect[2] and sculptor.

  1. ^ Z. Davidov. Stars on the towers. (Звезды на башнях) Moscow, 1963
  2. ^ Bukharaev, Ravil (2014). Islam in Russia: The Four Seasons. Routledge. ISBN 9781136808005. (Borovitskaya Tower) It was built in 1490 and its architect was Pietro Antonio Solari. He was one of those Italian architects and urban engineers invited by the Great Duke of Muscovy, Ivan the Third to participate in the reconstruction of the Moscow Kremlin.