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1714 In Architecture
The year 1714 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed. * Church of St Mary's, Twickenham, London, designed by John James, is consecrated. * Church of Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco in Rome, designed by Giovanni Battista Contini, is completed. * Church of Tolentini, Venice, is completed to designs of 1590 by Vincenzo Scamozzi with a portico by Andrea Tirali. * Altar of the 22-domed wooden summer Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi Pogost in Karelia is laid. * Geffrye Almshouses in London built. * Summer Palace of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, designed by Domenico Trezzini, is completed. * Bellevue Palace, Kassel, built as an observatory. * Sint-Lodewijkscollege (Lokeren) in Belgium built as a private house. * Wotton House in Buckinghamshire, England, is completed. * Llanelly House in south Wales is built. Births * April 1 – Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellevue Palace, Kassel
Bellevue Palace (German: Palais Bellevue or Schloss Bellevue) in Kassel was built in 1714 for Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Originally the building served as an Observatory. It became a residence, and then part of Bellevue Castle, which was later destroyed. Until its closure for structural reasons in 2009, the building housed a museum devoted to the Grimm Brothers, which has now moved to the Grimmwelt Kassel. Location Bellevue Palace is near the center of Kassel, west of the Fulde River. It is next to the '' Neue Galerie'', an art museum founded in 1976 in an 1874 neo-classical building. Bellevue Palace was erected in 1714 by the French architect and Huguenot refugee Paul du Ry as an observatory for Charles I (1654–1730), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. History From about 1725 on, the palace was used as a residence for members of the Landgrave's court, such as his mistress Barbara Christine von Bernhold (1690–1756). Prince Frederick II (1720–1785), Landgrave from 176 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1714 Works
Events January–March * January 21 – After being tricked into deserting a battle against India's Mughal Empire by the rebel Sayyid brothers, Prince Azz-ud-din Mirza is blinded on orders of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar as punishment. * February 7 – The Siege of Tönning (a fortress of the Swedish Empire and now located in Germany in the state of Schleswig-Holstein) ends after almost a year, as Danish forces force the surrender of the remaining 1,600 defenders. The fortress is then leveled by the Danes. * February 28 – (February 17 old style) Russia's Tsar Peter the Great issues a decree requiring compulsory education in mathematics for children of government officials and nobility, applying to children between the ages of 10 and 15 years old. * March 2 – (February 19 old style) The Battle of Storkyro is fought between troops of the Swedish Empire and the Russian Empire, near what is now the village of Napue in Finland. The outnumbered Swedish forces, under the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
