1711 in architecture
The year 1711 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings and structures
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Events
- Commission for Building Fifty New Churches set up in London under terms of the New Churches in London and Westminster Act (1710).[1] Most of the nineteen churches it eventually builds or rebuilds will be designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with John James, Thomas Archer and James Gibbs also participating.[2]
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Marlborough House in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.[3]
- Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) is opened.[4]
- Pope Clement XI places an Egyptian obelisk in the fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome.[5]
Births
- September 22 – Thomas Wright, English astronomer, mathematician and garden designer (died 1786)[6]
Deaths
- Henry Bell, English architect (born 1647)[7]
References
- 9 Anne cap 17.
- Port, M. H., ed. (1986). "List of churches built". The Commissions for building fifty new churches: The minute books, 1711-27, a calendar. London: Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- Spaltro, Kathleen; Bridge, Noeline (2005). Royals of England: A Guide for Readers, Travelers, and Genealogists. iUniverse. p. 235. ISBN 9780595373123.
- "Menshikov Palace". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Curl, James Stevens (2013). The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West. Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 9781134234684.
- Knight, David (2004). "Wright, Thomas (1711–1786), astronomer and landscape gardener". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30060. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Bold, John. "Bell, Henry (bap. 1647, d. 1711), architect and merchant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37174. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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