1719 in architecture

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The year 1719 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

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Buildings completed

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St. Trinitatis, Wolfenbüttel
  • The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist, Stamsried, Bavaria, Germany.
  • St. Trinitatis, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany, designed by Hermann Korb.
  • San Michele Arcangelo, Anacapri, Italy.
  • St Mary's Church, Tarleton, England.
  • St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland), designed by Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland.
  • The house of William Trent, Trenton, New Jersey.

Births

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  • date unknown – Dmitry Ukhtomsky, chief architect of Moscow (died 1774)

Deaths

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  • March 10 – Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, French architect and garden designer who became the chief architect of Saint Petersburg (born 1679)[1]
  • November 22 – William Talman, English architect and landscape designer (born 1650)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Olga Medvedkova, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, architecte 1679–1719 – De Paris à Saint-Pétersbourg, – 359 s., Paris, Alain Baudry & Cie, 2007, ISBN 978-2-9528617-0-0
  2. ^ Harris, John, William Talman: Maverick Architect. London, Allen and Unwin. 1982. Studies in Architecture, 2.


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