1707 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1707 in architecture

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The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events and new architectural works.

## Events

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* Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer.[1]

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1707

### Buildings

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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

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* February 1 – Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect (died 1789)[3]
* unknown dates
* Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1779)
* Johann George Schmidt, German baroque architect working in Dresden (died 1774)[4]

## Deaths

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* November 26 – Leonhard Dientzenhofer, German builder and architect (born 1660)[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Dientzenhofer Family". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006. ISBN 9780198606789
2. ^ "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme". Paris Promeneurs. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
3. ^ Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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

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