1754 in architecture
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The year 1754 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, finished and consecrated.
- King's Chapel, in Boston, designed by Peter Harrison, completed.
- Wies church in Germany, designed by Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Dominikus Zimmermann
- Versailles Cathedral in France, designed by Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne, finished and consecrated 24 August
- Pavillon du Butard in France, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV, completed
- Mow Cop Castle in Staffordshire, a folly, built by Randle Wilbraham
- Liverpool Town Hall, in Liverpool, designed by John Wood the Elder, completed
- St Andrew's Church, Kiev, in Russia, designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, completed
- Obando Church, in the Philippines, finished and consecrated April 29
[edit] Births
- 2 February - Carl Ahasver von Sinner (died 1821)
- 9 August - Pierre Charles L'Enfant (died 1825)
- John Webb (died 1828)
- Samuel Pepys Cockerell (died 1827)
[edit] Deaths
- 2 February - William Benson (born 1683)
- 3 May - Joachim Daniel von Jauch (born 1688)
- 16 May = Germain Boffrand (born 1667)
- 23 May - John Wood the Elder (born 1704)
- 7 June - Nicolai Eigtved (born 1701)
- 21 June - Johann Baptist Martinelli (born 1701)
- 5 August - James Gibbs (born 1682)
- Charles Étienne Briseux (born c. 1680)
[edit] Publications
- Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni – La Relation de la répresentation de la forêt enchantée sur le théâtre des Tuileries
