1706 in architecture

The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1706

Buildings

Les Invalides

• August 22 – The royal chapel (Église du Dôme) at Les Invalides is consecrated,^[1] following completion of the dome.^[2][3]
• August – Ljubljana Cathedral, largely designed by Andrea Pozzo, is completed and opens for worship (not consecrated until 1707).^[4]
• 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.^[5]

Births

• March 4 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect (died 1759)^[6]
• 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)^[7]

Deaths

• October? – Martin Grünberg,^[8] Prussian architect (born c.1655)
• Approximate date – Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect working in Warsaw (born 1632)