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3 unusual facts about Joseph Bové


Joseph Bové

In 1824–25 he participated in the reconstruction of Moscow Manege.

He designed numerous private mansions in Moscow, but his most famous work remains the Bolshoi Theatre.

Nadezhda Repina

At the same time, architects Andrei Mikhailov and Joseph Bové have built a new theatre on the place of the burnt theatre of Michael Maddox – now this is Bolshoi Theatre; it opened on 18 January 1825.


Auguste de Montferrand

His designs for the Moscow Manege (1825) and Moscow fountains (1823) were also abandoned; these projects were completed by Joseph Bové and Ivan Vitali.


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