1780 in architecture
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The year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- April 17 - Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in France, designed by Victor Louis is inaugurated.
- June 24 - Chesme Church in Saint Petersburg, designed by Yury Felten, is consecrated.
- Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, is consecrated.
- Fragrant Hills Pagoda in China is completed.
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is built.
- Xumi Fushou Temple in Chengde Mountain Resort, China, is built.
- Royal Villa of Monza in Lombardy, designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, is completed.
- Reconstruction of Palazzo Tucci in Lucca, Tuscany by Ottaviano Diodati is commissioned.[1]
Births
- October 1 - Robert Smirke, English architect (died 1867)
Deaths
- August 29 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (born 1713)
References
- ↑ Daniele, Emilia, ed. (2007). Le dimore di Lucca: l'arte di abitare i palazzi di una capitale dal Medioevo allo Stato Unitario. pp. 50–52.