1706 in architecture explained

The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• August 22 – The royal chapel (Église du Dôme) at Les Invalides is consecrated,^[1] following completion of the dome.^{[2] [3]}
• August – Ljubljana Cathedral, largely designed by Andrea Pozzo, is completed and opens for worship (not consecrated until 1707).^[4]
• unknown dates
  • Dominican Church and Convent of Assumption of Mary in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, is rebuilt.
  • Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn, London, designed by Arthur Tooley, is completed.
  • Yeni-Kale, Ottoman Turkish fortress in the Crimea, is completed under the guidance of Goloppo.^[5]

Births

• March 4 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect (died 1759)^[6]
• August 28 – Jan Bouman, Dutch architect working in Potsdam (died 1776)
• unknown dates
  • Mateus Vicente de Oliveira, Portuguese architect (died 1786)
  • Thomas Gilbert, English architect (died 1776)^[7]

Deaths

• October? – Martin Grünberg,^[8] Prussian architect (born c.1655)
• Approximate date – Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect working in Warsaw (born 1632)

Notes and References

1. Book: Jestaz, Bertrand. L'Hôtel et l'église des Invalides. Picard and Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques et des Sites. fr. 1990. 2-7084-0396-6. 48.
2. Book: A and W Galignani and Co . Galignani's New Paris Guide, for 1852 . 1852 . A. and W. Galignani . 371 . 24 February 2024 . en.
3. Book: André Chastel. Paris. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1971. 9780030859878. 143.
4. Web site: Stolna in župnijska cerkev sv. Miklavža . St. Nicholas's Cathedral and Parish Church . Helena . Seražin . Barbara . Murovec . 28 May 2012 . sl . Pot po baročni Ljubljani: virtualna razstava sakralnih spomenikov [Path Through the Baroque Ljubljana: A Virtual Exhibition of Sacral Monuments |editor-first=Ana |editor-last=Lavrič |publisher=Art History Institute of France Stele, Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences].
5. Book: Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume II: G-K. University of Toronto Press. 1988. 9781442651180.
6. Web site: de Thurah, Laurids Lauridsen. Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Carl Frederik Bricka. 7 September 2024.
7. Book: Colvin, H. . A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 . Yale University Press . Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art . 2008 . 978-0-300-12508-5 . 427.
8. Book: Kandt . Kevin E. . Schlüteriana II: Studies in the Art, Life, and Milieu of Andreas Schlüter . 1 March 2014 . Lukas Verlag . 978-3-86732-182-2 . 52 . 24 February 2024 . en.