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Overview of the events of 1752 in architecture
The year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures[edit]
Buildings[edit]
Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, Russian Empire
Khan As'ad Pasha
- Valletta Waterfront on Malta is built, including the Church of the Flight into Egypt.
- Mansion House, London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed.[1]
- West wing of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, designed by James Gibbs, is built.
- Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv is completed by Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
- Khan As'ad Pasha, Damascus is completed.[2]
- Rebuilding of church of San Biagio, Venice, probably by Filippo Rossi, is completed.
- Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie on the island of Montreal, designed by Philippe Liébert is consecrated.
- Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole in Metz, Lorraine, designed by Jacques Oger (begun 1732) is opened.
- Osteiner Hof in Mainz (Rhineland), designed by Johann Valentin Thomann, is completed.
- Croome Court in Worcestershire, England, designed by Capability Brown and Sanderson Miller, is completed.
- Pollok House near Glasgow in Scotland, designed by William Adam is built.
- Kinbuck Bridge in Scotland is built.
- Town Hall of Wissembourg in France is inaugurated
References[edit]
- ^ Pennant, Thomas; Wallis, John (1814). London: being a complete guide to the British capital (4th ed.). London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. p. 445. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
mansion house 1752.
- ^ "As'ad Pasha Khan". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "John Nash". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ Watkin, David (June 9, 2010). A History of Western Architecture (4th ed.). London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 978-1856694599. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Marot". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
