1707 in architecture

The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events and new architectural works.

Events

• Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer.^[1]

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1707

Buildings

 

The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, Austria

• In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710).
• The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete.
• The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated.
• In Paris, France, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed.^[2]
• In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, Yuánmíngyuán, "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins.

Births

• February 1 – Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect (died 1789)^[3]
• unknown dates
  • Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1779)
  • Johann George Schmidt, German baroque architect working in Dresden (died 1774)^[4]

Deaths

• November 26 – Leonhard Dientzenhofer, German builder and architect (born 1660)^[5]

References

1. "Dientzenhofer Family". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed. (James Stevens Curl, ed.) OUP, 2006. ISBN 9780198606789
2. "Mines ParisTech L'hôtel de Vendôme". Paris Promeneurs. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
3. Magnocavalli, Francesco Ottavio entry (in Italian) by Gian Paolo Romagnani in the Enciclopedia Treccani
4. Stefan Hertzig: Johann George Schmiedt. In: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus des Spätbarock 1738–1790 (in German). Dresden: Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V. 2007. pp. 229–234. ISBN 3-9807739-4-9.
5. Ulrich Thieme, ed. (1913), "Dientzenhofer, Johann Leonhard", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann