1670s in architecture explained

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1670
  • Báo Quốc Pagoda, Huế, Vietnam, is built.
  • Saint George Palace, Rennes, France, has its foundation stones laid.
• 1671 – Weston Park, Shropshire, England, is built for Elizabeth Wilbraham.
• 1672
  • Buildings by Christopher Wren in England:
    • Temple Bar, London rebuilt.
    • Williamson Building at The Queen's College, Oxford, completed.^[1]
  • Church of Monastery of Serra do Pilar in Gaia, Portugal, consecrated.
  • Construction of Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, Florida, designed by Ignacio Daza, begins.
• 1673
  • April – Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Punjab, built for Aurangzeb, is completed.
  • October 3 – Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni, Suō Province (modern-day Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan, is officially completed.^[2]
  • The White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island (estimated completion date)
  • St Mary-le-Bow church in London, designed by Christopher Wren, rebuilding completed.
  • Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, Peru, is consecrated (completed 1774).
  • Berkeley House, London, designed by Hugh May and begun in 1665, is completed.
• 1675
  • June – Work on the new St Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, begins.
  • June 11 – Theatine Church, Munich, consecrated in form as left by Agostino Barelli.
  • August 2 – Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam), designed by Elias Bouwman and begun in 1671, is completed.
  • Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, designed by Robert Hooke.
  • Briggflatts Meeting House near Sedbergh in north-west England built.
• 1676
  • The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed.
  • Wren Library, Cambridge, the library of Trinity College, England, is designed by Christopher Wren (completed 1695).
  • Main courtyards of Les Invalides in Paris, designed by Libéral Bruant, are completed.
  • Skokloster Castle in Sweden, designed by Caspar Vogel with Jean de la Vallée and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, is completed.
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius is completed.

• 1677
  • The Monument to the Great Fire of London, designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke is completed.
  • Chapel of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, designed by Christopher Wren.
  • Remodelling of Cornbury House in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Hugh May and begun about 1663, is completed.
• 1679
  • Chapel (Église Saint-Louis des Invalides) at Les Invalides, Paris, is completed to the design of Libéral Bruant.
  • Černín Palace in Prague, designed by Francesco Caratti, is completed.
  • Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London, designed by Robert Hooke, is completed.

Events

• 1671: December 30 – The Académie royale d'architecture is founded by Louis XIV of France in Paris, the world's first school of architecture.

Births

• 1672 – Francis Smith of Warwick, English architect (died 1738)
• 1673 – Johann Friedrich Ludwig, German-born architect working in Portugal (died 1752)
• c.1673 – John James, English architect (died 1746)
• 1676: June 15 – Colen Campbell, Scottish-born Georgian architect (died 1729)
• 1678: March 7 – Filippo Juvarra, Sicilian-born architect (died 1736)
• 1679 – Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (died 1758)

Deaths

• 1670: October 11 – Louis Le Vau French classical architect (born 1612)
• 1672: October 24 – John Webb, English architect (born 1611)
• 1677: June 26 – Francesco Buonamici, Italian Baroque architect, painter and engraver (born 1596)^[3]

See also

• Architecture timeline

Notes and References

1. Queen’s College, Oxford. Holly. Kirkwood. 2014-08-17. Country Life. London. 2015-02-26.
2. Web site: [Kintaikyo Bridge] Iwakuni city Homepage > Summary]. 2022-02-02. kintaikyo.iwakuni-city.net.
3. Encyclopedia: Oechslin . Werner . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . BUONAMICI, Francesco . Italian . 1972 . 15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200123183429/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-buonamici_res-20b6e98a-87e9-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ . 23 January 2020.