1747 in architecture

The year 1747 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Sanssouci in Potsdam, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, is completed.
• Schlosstheater Schönbrunn in Vienna, designed by Nicolò Pacassi, is completed.
• Pálffy Palace (Bratislava) is built.
• Reconstruction of church of Santi Quaranta Martiri e San Pasquale Baylon, Rome, by Giuseppe Sardi is completed.
• Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana), designed by Candido Zulliani, is consecrated.
• The tower of St. Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, is built by Lancelot Dowbiggin.
• Usk Bridge (Usk), Monmouthshire, designed by William Edwards, is completed.

Births

• Vincenzo Brenna, Florentine-born architect (died 1820)

Deaths

• April 24 – Johann Georg Fischer, German architect (born 1673)

References