![Odesa around 1850.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/odessa-um-1850-300x225.jpg)
Ticino architects in Odesa
Some of the most important buildings in the Black Sea city were designed by architects from Ticino. From its founding in 1794, the work of these Swiss architects has given the city a Mediterranean flair.
![Map of Odesa and environs, 1809.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/karte-von-odessa-und-umgebung-1809-300x206.jpg)
![Vorontsov Palace and the Belvedere Pavilion in Odesa, built by Francesco Boffa, in a lithograph from the first half of the 19th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/vorontsov-palast-und-der-pavilion-belvedere-300x212.jpg)
![The trading port of Odesa around 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/der-handelshafen-von-odessa-um-1900-300x220.jpg)
![The stock exchange building in Odesa, now the Town Hall, built by Francesco Boffa and Giorgio Torricelli, around 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/borse-in-odessa-300x179.jpg)
![Primorskyi Boulevard in Odesa, early 20th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/der-primorskyi-boulevard-in-odessa-300x200.jpg)
![The monumental Potemkin Stairs in Odesa, around 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/potemkinsche-treppe-in-odessa-300x221.jpg)
![The New Stock Exchange, now the Philharmonic Theatre in Odesa, built by Aleksandr Bernardazzi, around 1894-1899.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/neue-borse-odessa-300x211.jpg)
Some of the most important buildings in the Black Sea city were designed by architects from Ticino. From its founding in 1794, the work of these Swiss architects has given the city a Mediterranean flair.