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1703 in architecture

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1703 in architecture

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The year 1703 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • February 3 – Severe earthquake in L'Aquila damages many buildings.

Buildings and structures

[[Cambrai Cathedral

Buildings completed

  • May – Cabin of Peter the Great, built in three days by soldiers of the Semyonovsky Regiment.
  • Cambrai Cathedral, France
  • La Merced Cloister designed and constructed as part of a monastery in Mexico City by Juan de Herrera
  • Stavenhagenhaus, Hamburg, Germany (dated from the arms above the main entrance door)
  • Approximate date – Church of St. Anne, Kraków, Poland, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed

Births

  • February – Robert Morris, English architect and writer on architecture (died 1754)
  • October 13 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (died 1772)
  • December 11 – Giovanni Antonio Medrano, Italian architect (died 1760)
  • Approximate date – Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (d. 1777)

Deaths

  • February 16 – Lorenzo Gafà, Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor (born 1639)
  • March 3 – Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (born 1635)
  • December 27 – Thomas Cartwright, English architect (born c.1635)

References

References

  1. ''The Companion Guide to St Petersburg''.
  2. Galindo, Carmen. (2002). "Mexico City Historic Center". Ediciones Nueva Guia.
  3. "MEDRANO, Giovanni Antonio". [[Enciclopedia Italiana]].
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