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Overview of the events of 1780 in architecture
The year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings[edit]
- April 17 – Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in France, designed by Victor Louis is inaugurated.
- June 24 – Chesme Church in Saint Petersburg, designed by Yury Felten, is consecrated.
- Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, is consecrated.
- Fragrant Hills Pagoda in China is completed.
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is built.
- Xumi Fushou Temple in Chengde Mountain Resort, China, is built.
- Royal Villa of Monza in Lombardy, designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, is completed.
- Reconstruction of Palazzo Tucci in Lucca, Tuscany by Ottaviano Diodati is commissioned.[1]
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