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1705 In Architecture
The year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * March – The first of the principal buildings of Greenwich Hospital, London, the King Charles Court, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed. * November – In Williamsburg, capital of the Virginia colony in America, construction of the first Capitol building is completed. * Blenheim Palace is begun at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, designed by John Vanbrugh (completed 1722). * The Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria, is completed (started 1692). * Remodelling of the Jesuit Church, Vienna, by Andrea Pozzo is largely completed. Births * January 8 – Jacques-François Blondel, French architect (died 1774) * Charles Labelye, Swiss civil engineer (died 1762) * Approximate date – Richard Taliaferro, American architect working in Williamsburg, Virginia (died 1779) Deaths * Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, English amateur architect (born 1632) References architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1692 In Architecture
Buildings and structures Buildings * 1690 ** The Sindone Chapel in Turin, Piedmont, designed by Guarino Guarini is completed. ** The Barrage Vauban, designed by Vauban and built by Jacques Tarade in Strasbourg, France, is completed * 1690–1700 – Two Baroque palaces in Vilnius, Sapieha Palace and Slushko Palace, designed by Pietro Perti, are erected. * 1689–1691 – Swallowfield Park, near Reading, Berkshire, England, designed by William Talman, is built. * 1691–1697 – Branicki Palace, Białystok, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is built. * 1692 ** St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed. ** Theatine Church, Munich, Bavaria, designed by Agostino Barelli in 1662, is substantially completed to the design of Enrico Zuccalli. * 1694 ** The Potala Palace in Lhasa is completed by construction of the Potrang Marpo ('Red Palace'). ** The Radziejowski Palace in Nieborów, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is built. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
