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1755 architecture
The year 1755 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
November 1 – 1755 Lisbon earthquake in Portugal. Among many buildings destroyed is the Ópera do Tejo, designed by Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, opened only on March 31. The workforce completing the Mafra National Palace at Mafra is diverted to reconstruction work in Lisbon.
Buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1755
Buildings
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Groote Kerk, Galle, Zeilan, is inaugurated
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Puning Temple of Chengde, Hebei Province, China is begun
St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster, England, probably designed by Henry Sephton, is completed
Teatro San Benedetto in Venice is inaugurated
Church of the Savior on Bolvany in Moscow is consecrated
Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Istanbul, designed by Mustafa Ağa and Simeon Kalfa, is completed
Yalı Mosque in İzmir is built
Towers and domes of Pažaislis Monastery in Kaunas, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, are added
Hôtel Gayot in Strasbourg is completed
Hatch Court, Somerset, England, designed by the amateur Thomas Prowse, is built at about this date
Births
January 29 (bapt.) – William Porden, English architect (died 1822)
August 5 – James Playfair, Scottish Neoclassical architect (died 1794)"An improved school for building in Scotland": The Architectural Ambitions of James Playfair Sir John Soane's Museum 2025-11-18 https://www.soane.org/whats-on/improved-school-building-scotland-architectural-ambitions-james-playfair 2026-02-11
September 3 – Johan Martin Quist, Danish architect (died 1818)
Andreas Hallander, Danish architect (died 1828)
Étienne Sulpice Hallet, French-born American architect (died 1825)
Deaths
Johan Cornelius Krieger, Danish architect (born 1683)
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