1783 in architecture

The year 1783 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• September 24 – The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Antonio Rinaldi, opens with a performance of Paisiello's opera Il mondo della luna.[1]

Façade of Carmelite Church, Warsaw

Vilnius Cathedral

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• New Vilnius Cathedral in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, designed by Laurynas Gucevičius, is consecrated.
• Façade of Carmelite Church, Warsaw, Poland, designed by Efraim Szreger, is completed
• Laleli Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, is rebuilt after a fire.[2]
• Boston Light (lighthouse) rebuilt on the site of an earlier one destroyed in the American Revolution.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Antoine Vaudoyer.

Births

• May 14 – Giuseppe Jappelli, Venetian architect (died 1852)
• June 2 – Solomon Willard, Massachusetts craftsman, architect and builder (died 1861)

Deaths

• February 6 – Capability Brown, English landscape architect (born 1716)

References

1. "Mariinsky Theatre". Mariinsky Theatre. Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
2. Laleli Complex Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. ArchNet.