The year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
August 22 – The royal chapel (Église du Dôme) at Les Invalides is consecrated, following completion of the dome. August – Ljubljana Cathedral, largely designed by Andrea Pozzo, is completed and opens for worship (not consecrated until 1707). 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.
Births March 4 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect (died 1759) 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)
Deaths October? – Martin Grünberg, Prussian architect (born c.1655) Approximate date – Tylman van Gameren, Dutch architect working in Warsaw (born 1632)
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