1709 in architecture
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The year 1709 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- In PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Hradec KrálovéHradec KrálovéHradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, and electronics manufacture. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos...
, the Bishop’s residence, one of the most elaborate baroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
buildings in the city, is begun (completed in 17161716 in architectureThe year 1716 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* America's first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built; it will be destroyed in the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783....
). - In Nantucket, the Woodbox Inn is built by Captain George Bunker.
- In NaraNara, Narais the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, the Todaiji Temple is rebuilt to its current aspect (first built in 7098th century in architectureSee also:7th century in architecture,other events of the 8th century,9th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 709 – Al-Aqsa Mosque first built in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire ....
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