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Overview of the events of 1755 in architecture
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The year
1755 in architecture
involved some significant events.
Contents
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Births
Deaths
Events
November 1 –
1755 Lisbon earthquake
in Portugal. Among many buildings destroyed is the
Ópera do Tejo
, designed by
Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena
, opened only on March 31. The workforce completing the
Mafra National Palace
at
Mafra
is diverted to reconstruction work in
Lisbon
.
Buildings and structures
See also:
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1755
Buildings
Yalı Mosque
Groote Kerk, Galle
,
Zeilan
, is inaugurated
Reformed Church of Shawangunk
,
New York
, is inaugurated
Puning Temple
of
Chengde
,
Hebei
Province,
China
is begun
St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster
, England, probably designed by
Henry Sephton
, is completed
Teatro San Benedetto
in
Venice
is inaugurated
Church of the Savior on Bolvany
in
Moscow
is consecrated
Nuruosmaniye Mosque
in
Istanbul
, designed by Mustafa Ağa and Simeon Kalfa, is completed
Yalı Mosque
in
İzmir
is built
Towers and domes of
Pažaislis Monastery
in
Kaunas
,
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
, are added
Hôtel Gayot
in
Strasbourg
is completed
Hatch Court
, Somerset, England, designed by the amateur Thomas Prowse, is built at about this date
Births
January 29
(bapt.)
–
William Porden
, English architect (died
1822
)
August 5 –
James Playfair
, Scottish Neoclassical architect (died
1794
)
September 3 –
Johan Martin Quist
, Danish architect (died
1818
)
Andreas Hallander
, Danish architect (died
1828
)
Étienne Sulpice Hallet
, French-born American architect (died
1825
)
Deaths
Johan Cornelius Krieger
, Danish architect (born
1683
)
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