1713 in architecture
The year 1713 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings and structures
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Events
- February 25 – Death of Frederick I of Prussia pauses work on Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Old State House (Boston) in Massachusetts, possibly designed by Robert Twelves, is completed.
- Church of San Benedetto, Catania in Sicily is completed.
- Spandauische Kirche, Berlin, designed by Philipp Gerlach, is consecrated.
- Schelf Church at Schwerin in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, is rebuilt.
- Vizianagaram fort in South India is built.
Births
- January 22 – Marc-Antoine Laugier, French architectural historian (died 1769)
- July 18 – Gaetano Matteo Pisoni, Ticinese architect (died 1782)
- July 22 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French neoclassical architect (died 1780)
- October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Bolognese neoclassical architect and ceiling painter working in Brazil (died 1791)
- December 27 – Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and engineer (died 1770)[1]
- John Gwynn, English architect (died 1786)
- Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi, Ukrainian baroque architect (died 1785)
- James "Athenian" Stuart, English neoclassical architect and painter (died 1788)
Deaths
- September 9 – Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss baroque architect working in Bavaria (born 1645)
- Antonio Riva, Rhaetian baroque architect and builder (born 1650)
References
- Banham, Joanna (1997). Encyclopedia of Interior Design. Routledge. p. 180. ISBN 9781136787584.
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