1763 in architecture
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The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings opened
- July 24 - Požega Cathedral, Požega, Croatia, consecrated.
- December 2 - Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, designed by Peter Harrison, dedicated.
Buildings completed
- Börringe Castle, Sweden.[1]
- Clérigos Church tower, Porto, Portugal.
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia), USA.
Births
- August 8 - Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession.[2] (died 1844)
Deaths
- February 2 - Emmanuel Héré de Corny, court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński (born 1705)
- September 12 - Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect (born 1701)
References
- ↑ Börringekloster official web site (Swedish)
- ↑ Baltzell, Edward Digby. Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers (1996), p. 322-24. ISBN 1-56000-830-X.
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