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3 unusual facts about Joseph Bové


Joseph Bové

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

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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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