Overview of the events of 1707 in architecture
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The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events and new architectural works.
Events
- Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer.
Buildings and structures
See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1707Buildings
- In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710).
- The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete.
- The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated.
- In Paris, France, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed.
- In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, Yuánmíngyuán, "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins.
Births
- February 1 – Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect (died 1789)
- unknown dates
- Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1779)
- Johann George Schmidt, German baroque architect working in Dresden (died 1774)
Deaths
- November 26 – Leonhard Dientzenhofer, German builder and architect (born 1660)
References
- "Dientzenhofer Family". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006. ISBN 9780198606789
- "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme". Paris Promeneurs. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani
- Stefan Hertzig: Johann George Schmiedt. In: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus des Spätbarock 1738–1790 (in German). Dresden: Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V. 2007. pp. 229–234. ISBN 3-9807739-4-9.
- Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann
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