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Overview of the events of 1714 in architecture
The year 1714 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
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St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London, designed by
Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
- Church of
St Mary's, Twickenham, London, designed by
John James, is consecrated.
- Church of
Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco in Rome, designed by Giovanni Battista Contini, is completed.
-
Church of Tolentini, Venice, is completed to designs of
1590 by
Vincenzo Scamozzi with a portico by
Andrea Tirali.
- Altar of the 22-domed wooden summer Church of the Transfiguration at
Kizhi Pogost in Karelia is laid.
-
Geffrye Almshouses in London built.
-
Summer Palace of Peter the Great in
Saint Petersburg, designed by
Domenico Trezzini, is completed.
-
Bellevue Palace, Kassel, built as an observatory.
-
Sint-Lodewijkscollege (Lokeren) in Belgium built as a private house.
-
Wotton House in Buckinghamshire, England, is completed.
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Llanelly House in south Wales is built.
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Deaths
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