The year 1727 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

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of ''Santiago Apóstol'' is built in Albatera,

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. * The first

Palladian Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). What is today recognised as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts of symmetry, perspective and ...

villa in Scotland,

Mavisbank House Mavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. It was designed by architect William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727. The fir ...

, designed by William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, is completed. * Widcombe Manor House,

Bath, England Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, ...

. * Church of Saint Maurice (Ebersmunster) in

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

, designed by

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, is completed. *

Trinitarian Church of Bratislava The Trinitarian Church or Trinity Church, full name Church of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois ( sk, Kostol trinitárov, or or ; incorrectly Holy Trinity Church (''Kostol Najsvätejšej Trojice'')), is a Baroque-style church in ...

sanctified. * Baclayon Church in the

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rebuilt in stone. * Virga Jesse church, Hasselt, Flanders, built. *

First Presbyterian Church (Trenton, New Jersey) First Presbyterian Church is a historic church located at 120 East State Street in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The church's first congregation got together in 1712 and their first church was built in 1726. The church bui ...

built. * Construction of

Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) The Menshikov Palace (russian: Меншиковский дворец) is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island.It is not to be confused with the Menshik ...

(opened 1711) is completed. *

Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk ( cs, Poutní kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého) at Zelená hora (meaning "Green Hill", german: Grünberg) is a religious building at the edge of Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic, near the histori ...

, Grünberg (Zelená hora), Bohemia, designed by

Jan Santini Aichel Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (3 February 1677 – 7 December 1723) was a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent the unique Baroque Gothic style - the special combination of the Baroque and Gothic styles. Biogr ...

, is completed.

Awards

Grand Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

, architecture: François Gallot.

Births

* Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Lower Styrian church architect (d.

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februa ...

) *

Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (Paris 1727 — Paris 1793) was a pioneering French neoclassical architect. Training Though he did not gain the Prix de Rome that was the dependable gateway to a prominent French career in architecture, his fellow-s ...

, French neoclassical architect (d.

1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...

)

Deaths

* April 18 –

Matthias Steinl Matthias Steinl (otherwise Steindel, Staindle, Steindl or Stinle) (c. 1644–18 April 1727) was an Austrian painter, architect and designer, and one of the country's best known Baroque art, Baroque sculptors. Together with Johann Bernhard Fisc ...

, Austrian baroque sculptor and architect (b. c.

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

)

References

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