1763 in architecture
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The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- April 3 - Foundation stone of the church of La Madeleine, Paris laid; the original design, commissioned in 1757 from Pierre Contant d'Ivry, will not be completed.
Buildings opened
- May 14 - Nuovo Teatro Pubblico in Bologna, designed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, opened.
- July 24 - Požega Cathedral, Požega, Croatia, consecrated.
- December 2 - Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison, dedicated.
Buildings completed
- Börringe Castle, Sweden.[1]
- Clérigos Church tower, Porto, Portugal.
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
- Villa Albani in Rome, designed by Carlo Marchionni, is substantially completed.
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, French court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński at Nancy (born 1705)
- September 12 - Johann Joseph Couven, German baroque architect (born 1701)
References
- ↑ Börringekloster. (Swedish).
- ↑ Baltzell, Edward Digby (1996). Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers. pp. 322-24. ISBN 1-56000-830-X.