1713 in architecture explained

The year 1713 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• February 25 – Death of Frederick I of Prussia pauses work on Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Old State House (Boston) in Massachusetts, possibly designed by Robert Twelves, is completed.
• Church of San Benedetto, Catania in Sicily is completed.
• Spandauische Kirche, Berlin, designed by Philipp Gerlach, is consecrated.
• Schelf Church at Schwerin in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, is rebuilt.
• Vizianagaram fort in South India is built.

Births

• January 22 – Marc-Antoine Laugier, French architectural historian (died 1769)
• July 18 – Gaetano Matteo Pisoni, Ticinese architect (died 1782)
• July 22 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French neoclassical architect (died 1780)
• October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Bolognese neoclassical architect and ceiling painter working in Brazil (died 1791)
• December 27 – Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and engineer (died 1770)^[1]
• John Gwynn, English architect (died 1786)
• Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi, Ukrainian baroque architect (died 1785)
• James "Athenian" Stuart, English neoclassical architect and painter (died 1788)

Deaths

• September 9 – Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss baroque architect working in Bavaria (born 1645)
• Antonio Riva, Rhaetian baroque architect and builder (born 1650)

Notes and References

1. Book: Banham . Joanna . Encyclopedia of Interior Design . 1997 . Routledge . 9781136787584 . 180 . en.