1763 in architecture explained
The year 1763 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- 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
- 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.
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Deaths
Notes and References
- http://www.borringekloster.se/ Börringekloster.
- Baltzell, Edward Digby (1996). Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers. pp. 322-24. .