1773 in architecture
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The year 1773 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- July 30 - Following the discovery of the iron waters in the civil parish of Fraião, archbishop D. Gaspar de Bragança orders the municipal council to proceed with the use of the waters.[1] The municipal government contracts master mason Paulo Vidal (a resident of Adaúfe) to construct a fountain for 80$000 réis."for the people with better hygiene, comfort and seclusion to serve from the said water".
- Caspar Frederik Harsdorff is commissioned to redesign the Hercules Pavilion at Rosenborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. His design with niches and statues gives the building its current name.[2]
- Domenico Merlini becomes the Royal Architect in Poland.
Buildings completed
- Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, designed by Robert Adam.
- St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany.
Births
- August 30 - Mihály Pollack, Hungarian Neoclassical architect (died 1855)
Deaths
- March 1 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian engineer and architect (born 1700)
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