1706 in architecture
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The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- August 22 â The royal chapel (Ãglise du Dôme) at Les Invalides is consecrated,[1] following completion of the dome.[2][3]
- August â 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]
Births
- March 4 â Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect (died 1759)[6]
- August 28 â 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]
Deaths
- October? â Martin Grünberg,[8] Prussian architect (born c.1655)
- Approximate date â Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect working in Warsaw (born 1632)
