1773 in architecture

The year 1773 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• July 30 – Following the discovery of the iron waters in the civil parish of Fraião, archbishop D. Gaspar de Bragança orders the municipal council to proceed with the use of the waters. ^[1] The municipal government contracts master mason Paulo Vidal (a resident of Adaúfe) to construct a fountain for 80$000 réis."for the people with better hygiene, comfort and seclusion to serve from the said water".
• Caspar Frederik Harsdorff is commissioned to redesign the Hercules Pavilion at Rosenborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. His design with niches and statues gives the building its current name. ^[2]
• Domenico Merlini becomes the Royal Architect in Poland.

Pulteney Bridge, by Thomas Malton

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1773

Buildings completed

• Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, designed by Robert Adam.
• St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany.

Births

• August 30 – Mihály Pollack, Hungarian Neoclassical architect (died 1855)

Deaths

• March 1 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian engineer and architect (born 1700)

References

1. Dinis, António (2001), SIPA (ed.), Fonte das Águas Férreas (v.PT010303160112) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, retrieved 3 May 2012
2. "The Hercules Pavilion". Palaces and Properties Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-02.