1730 in architecture
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The year 1730 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Annenhof Palace in LefortovoLefortovoLefortovo could refer to a number of places or things in or around Moscow, Russia:*Lefortovo District, a district in South-Eastern Administrative Okrug*Lefortovo prison, a prison*Lefortovo tunnel, a road tunnel...
, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(designed by Francesco Bartolomeo RastrelliFrancesco Bartolomeo RastrelliFrancesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was an Italian architect naturalized Russian. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic...
) - The Column of Victory in Blenheim, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, is completed. - Senate HouseSenate House (University of Cambridge)The Senate House of the University of Cambridge is now used mainly for degree ceremonies. It was formerly also used for meetings of the Council of the Senate...
at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, designed by James GibbsJames GibbsJames Gibbs was one of Britain's most influential architects. Born in Scotland, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England...
and James BurroughJames Burrough (architect)Sir James Burrough was an English academic, antiquary, and amateur architect.-Biography:The son of James Burrough, M.D., of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, he was born on 1 September 1691. Educated at the grammar school at Bury for eight years, he entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1708....
, is completed.
Births
- February 6 - Januarius ZickJanuarius ZickJohann Rasso Januarius Zick was a painter and architect. He is considered to be one of the main masters of the Late-Baroque.-Life:...
, German painter and architect (d. 1797) - February 22 - Domenico MerliniDomenico MerliniDomenico Merlini was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style.-Life and Style:...
, Polish-Italian architect (d. 1797) - date unknown - Marie-Joseph PeyreMarie-Joseph PeyreMarie-Joseph Peyre was a French architect who designed in the neoclassical style.- Biography :He began his training in Paris with Jacques-François Blondel at l'École des Arts, where he met Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni and formed a life-long friendship with Charles De Wailly...
, French architect (d. 1785)