1706 in architecture

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Overview of the events of 1706 in architecture

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The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

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]

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]

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

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

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