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Overview of the events of 1744 in architecture
The year
1744 in architecture
involved some significant events.
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The
Wurzburg Residence
in Germany
Holden Chapel
- Giac Lam Pagoda
in
Saigon
is built by Ly Th?y Long.
- Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda
in
Cairo
, designed by Katkhuda of Egypt ('Abd al Rahman Katkhuda'), is built.
- Tombul Mosque
in
Shumen
,
Ottoman Empire
, is completed.
- St Botolph's Aldgate
church in the
City of London
, designed by
George Dance the Elder
, is completed.
- St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford
in
England
, designed by J. Garlive, is completed.
- Twelve Collegia
in
Saint Petersburg
, designed by
Domenico Trezzini
and Theodor Schwertfeger, is completed.
- The second
Summer Palace
in Saint Petersburg, designed by
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
, is completed.
- Remodelling of the
Hirschholm Palace
in
Denmark
to a design by
Lauritz de Thurah
is completed.
- Remodelling of the
Prince's Mansion, Copenhagen
in Denmark by
Nicolai Eigtved
is completed.
- The
Wurzburg Residence
in
Germany
, designed by
Balthasar Neumann
with
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
,
Maximilian von Welsch
,
Robert de Cotte
and
Germain Boffrand
, is completed (begun 1720).
- Morelia Cathedral
in
Mexico
is completed (begun 1660).
- Alamo Mission in San Antonio
is begun.
- Christ Church, Philadelphia
, is completed.
- Holden Chapel
at
Harvard University
is completed.
- St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley
of
Chester County, Pennsylvania
, is built.
- Withcote Chapel
in
Leicestershire
, England, is remodelled.
- St. Martin's Church, Warsaw
, is reconstructed to a design by Karol Bay at about this date.
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