1707 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1707 in architecture
The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events and new architectural works.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg , Austria
In Istanbul , the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710 ).
The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow , the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny , is structurally complete.
The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg , designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , is dedicated.
In Paris, France, the Hôtel de Vendôme , designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond , is completed.[ 2]
In Beijing , construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, Yuánmíngyuán , "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins.
Births
Deaths
References
^ "Dientzenhofer Family" . A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006 . ISBN 9780198606789
^ "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme" . Paris Promeneurs . Retrieved 6 September 2024 .
^ Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani
^ Stefan Hertzig: Johann George Schmiedt . In: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus des Spätbarock 1738–1790 (in German). Dresden: Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V. 2007. pp. 229–234. ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 .
^ Ulrich Thieme , ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard" , Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig : E. A. Seemann