1763 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1763 in architecture

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The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

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* April 3 – Foundation stone of the church of La Madeleine, Paris laid; the original design, commissioned in 1757 from Pierre Contant d'Ivry, will not be completed.
* Chapel for Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge (England) designed by Sir James Burrough.

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1763

### Buildings opened

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Touro Synagogue, oldest surviving synagogue in the United States

* May 14 – Nuovo Teatro Pubblico in Bologna, designed by Antonio Galli Bibiena, opened.
* July 24 – Požega Cathedral, Požega, Croatia, consecrated.
* December 2 – Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison, dedicated.
* St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Mylne, opened.

### Buildings completed

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* Börringe Castle, Sweden.[1]
* Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Croome, Worcestershire, England, designed by "Capability Brown" (exterior) and Robert Adam (interior).
* Clérigos Church tower, Porto, Portugal.
* St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
* Villa Albani in Rome, designed by Carlo Marchionni, is substantially completed.
* Donnington Grove in Berkshire, England, designed by John Chute, is built.
* Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, rebuilding by Nicolò Pacassi is completed.
* Present Use Storehouse (No. 11), Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England, is built.

## Births

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* August 8 – Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession[2] (died 1844)

## Deaths

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* February 2 – Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński at Nancy (born 1705)
* September 12 – Johann Joseph Couven, German baroque architect (born 1701)

## References

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1. ^ Börringekloster. (in Swedish).
2. ^ Baltzell, Edward Digby (1996). Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers. pp. 322-24. ISBN 1-56000-830-X.

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