1770 in architecture

The year 1770 in architecture involved some significant events. == Buildings and structures == === Buildings === Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England, designed by Stiff Leadbetter and John Sanderson, completed Shire Hall, Nottingham, England, designed by James Gandon and Joseph Pickford, completed New National Mint of Bolivia in Potosí completed Palace of Inquisition in Cartagena, Viceroyalty of New Granada, completed about this date Liria Palace in Madrid, designed by Ventura Rodríguez, built about this date Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, probably designed by Manuel Alves Setúbal, consecrated Church of Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi, Genoa, begun in 1712, completed about this date Church of La Magdalena, Getafe, Spain, designed by Alonso de Covarrubias and Juan Gómez de Mora and begun in the 16th century, completed Wooden Saint Parascheva Church, Desești, Romania, built New Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, opened New L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles, France, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, opened College Edifice, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Robert Smith of Philadelphia, built Somerset House, Park Lane, London, designed and built by John Phillips, completed Zois Mansion in Ljubljana, Slovenia, completed Summer residences in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built about this date include Rolighed Store Godthåb, probably designed by Johan Christian Conradi Temple of Friendship in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Prussia, designed by Carl von Gontard, completed The Eryilou Fujian tulou in China is built Approximate date – Mesi Bridge in Ottoman Albania built == Births == March 4 – Christian Zais, German architect and city planner (died 1820) 1765/1770 – Fryderyk Bauman, Polish architect and sculptor-decorator (died 1845) Approximate date – Daniel Robertson, American-born British architect and garden designer (died 1849) == Deaths == March 27 – José Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish baroque architect and sculptor (born 1705) John Bastard, English architect working in Blandford Forum (born c.1688) George Tully, English architect working in Bristol == References ==