1706 in architecture

The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• August 22 – The royal chapel (Église du Dôme) at Les Invalides is consecrated, following completion of the dome.
• August – Ljubljana Cathedral, largely designed by Andrea Pozzo, is completed and opens for worship (not consecrated until 1707).
• unknown dates
• Dominican Church and Convent of Assumption of Mary in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, is rebuilt.
• Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn, London, designed by Arthur Tooley, is completed.
• Yeni-Kale, Ottoman Turkish fortress in the Crimea, is completed under the guidance of Goloppo.

Births

• March 4 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect (died 1759)
• August 28 – Jan Bouman, Dutch architect working in Potsdam (died 1776)
• unknown dates
• Mateus Vicente de Oliveira, Portuguese architect (died 1786)
• Thomas Gilbert, English architect (died 1776)

Deaths

• October? – Martin Grünberg, Prussian architect (born c.1655)
• Approximate date – Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect working in Warsaw (born 1632)

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