1700 in architecture
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The year 1700 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Castillo de San Pedro de la RocaCastillo de San Pedro de la RocaThe Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba...
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter ApostleCathedral Basilica of St. Peter ApostleThe Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter Apostle is the cathedral and main church of Frascati, Italy. It was founded in 1598, under design of Ottaviano Nonni, best known as Mascherino. After twelve years, on June 29, 1610 the first Mass was celebrated...
- Federal HallFederal HallFederal Hall, built in 1700 as New York's City Hall, later served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States. It was also where the United States Bill of...
- Slushko PalaceSlushko PalaceSlushko Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania is a Baroque palace situated on the left bank of Neris River in the Old Town elderate, former Antakalnis suburb of the city....
- Wren BuildingWren BuildingThe Wren Building is the signature building of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Along with the Brafferton and President's House, these buildings form the College's Historic Campus....
- Completed in Williamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
(began 1695).
Births
- May 12 - Luigi VanvitelliLuigi VanvitelliLuigi Vanvitelli was an Italian engineer and architect. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practiced a sober classicizing academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism.-Biography:Vanvitelli was born at Naples, the son of a Dutch painter of land and...
(died 17731773 in architectureThe year 1773 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, designed by Robert Adam is completed.-Deaths:* March 1 - Luigi Vanvitelli...
) - August 27 - Carl HårlemanCarl HårlemanBaron Carl Hårleman was a Swedish architect.Hårleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan Hårleman, who hade been ennobled in 1698, and began his architectural training under Göran Josua Adelcrantz...
(died 17531753 in architectureThe year 1753 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Horse Guards in London, designed by William Kent and John Vardy, is completed....
) - Bartolomeo RastrelliBartolomeo RastrelliFrancesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was an Italian architect naturalized Russian. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic...
(died 17711771 in architectureThe year 1771 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood the Younger, completed in England.* Claydon House - Second country house completed on the site in Buckinghamshire, England....
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