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1731 In Architecture
The year 1731 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings *Basilica of Superga in Italy, designed by Filippo Juvarra, is completed. *Cumbernauld House in Scotland, to designs by William Adam, is built. * Hôtel Peyrenc de Moras in Paris, designed by Jean Aubert, is completed. * Jakobstad Church in Finland, designed by Johan Knubb, is built. *Jerusalem's Church in Berlin, designed by Philipp Gerlach, is completed. *Royal Theatre in Mantua, Italy, designed by Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, is built. *Trooditissa Monastery on Cyprus is built. * Staircase of Schloss Bruchsal in Baden is designed by Balthasar Neumann. Births *January 13 – Carl von Gontard, German architect (d. 1791) *April 14 – Laurent-Benoît Dewez, Belgian architect (d. 1812) *May 10 – Victor Louis, French architect (d. 1800) *Andrea Giganti, Sicilian Baroque architect (d. 1787) *Approximate date – John Hawks, English-born architect working in the Province of North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trooditissa Monastery
'Trooditissa Monastery'', (GreekΤροοδίτισσα is situated on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountains on the island of Cyprus. It is an Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was founded in 990, but the current building dates back to 1731. It is built at an altitude of 1,300m (4,265 feet) and the closest village is Platres. The Holy Monastery of Trooditissa is estimated to have been founded after the period of iconoclasm. The earlier buildings, which were of the middle Byzantine period (12th century) are not saved. The main church and the other surrounding buildings were built in the 18th-20th centuries. The most important relic of the monastery is the thaumaturgist icon of Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ..., originally f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Giganti
Andrea Giganti (18 September 1731 – 4 November 1787) was an Italians, Italian architect of the Sicilian Baroque era. He was born in Trapani in 1731. In his youth, he studied architecture under Giovanni Biagio Amico (1684–1754). Around 1751, Giganti came under the patronage of Giuseppe Stella, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, with whom he went to Palermo, where he studied for the priesthood and was ordained. After ordination, he entered the household of the Sicilian Aristocracy (class), aristocrat the Prince of Scordia, where he seems to have been employed as both confessor and private architect, working on the various houses owned by the Scordia family. Giganti designed other Sicilian buildings in the baroque style, including: Villa Galetti at Bagheria, Villa Ventimiglia, at Mezzo-Monreale, the church of S. Paolo dei Giardinieri, and the dais and high altar at the church of Santissimo Salvatore, Palermo, San Salvatore in Palermo. He designed the staircase for the Palazzo Bonagio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1800 In Architecture
The year 1800 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * June 30 – Replacement Teatro Riccardi opera house in Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ..., Lombardy, designed by Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, is opened. * November 1 – White House, The White House in Washington D.C., United States, is completed. However, the porticoes are not added until 1825 in architecture, 1825. * The King's Inns in Dublin, designed by James Gandon, are completed. * Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral in Chile is completed. * East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, designed by John Nash (architect), John Nash for his own use, is completed. * Tyringham Hall near Newport Pagnell in England, designed by John Soane, is completed. * Gosford H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
