1863 in architecture

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The year 1863 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

January 10 - The Metropolitan Railway in London is opened, the world's first underground railway (engineer: John Fowler).^[1]
March 2 - Clapham Junction railway station is opened in London.
October 18 - Befreiungshalle memorial above Kelheim in Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and completed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated.
The current dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. is completed.
Completion of the Berns Salonger in Stockholm.

École des Beaux-Arts in Paris is founded.
William Burges is declared winner of the competition to design the new Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork (Church of Ireland), his first major commission.^[2]

↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1863". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
↑ Lawrence, David; Wilson, Ann (2006). The Cathedral of St Fin Barre at Cork: William Burges in Ireland. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781846820236.

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