1739 in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Holy Trinity Church (Berlin), designed by Christian August Naumann, completed.
- Church of Santa Felicita, Florence, rebuilt by Ferdinando Ruggieri, completed.
- Church of Saint Ildefonso, Porto, Portugal, inaugurated.
- New Room, Bristol, England (Wesleyan Methodist chapel).
- Amalienburg, Munich, Bavaria, designed by François de Cuvilliés, completed.
- Schloss Meseberg, Germany.
- Prinz-Albrecht-Palais, Berlin, completed.
- Crowcombe Court, Somerset, England, designed by Thomas Parker, completed.
- Old Colony House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Munday.
- Frescati House, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland.
- Nahar Singh Mahal, Ballabhgarh, India (approximate date).
- Catherine Canal, Saint Petersburg, dug. [1]
Births
- January 19 â Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect working in England (died 1808)
- February 15 â Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (died 1813)
- September 15 â Juan de Villanueva, Spanish architect (died 1811)
- date unknown â Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, civil and military engineer and archaeologist (died 1813)
Deaths
- May 10 â Cosmas Damian Asam, German painter and architect (born 1686)
- Richard Munday, American colonial architect (born c.1685)