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1793 architecture
The year 1793 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
March 8 – The Bishop of Popayán, making a pastoral visit to Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, finds "evil spirits" in the church,Arteaga Valencia, Alvaro 1989 La Parroquia de mi Pueblo Publicaciones San Antonio, Rionegro and arranges the construction of a new cathedral, the Concatedral de San Nicolás el Magno.
August 8 – In Paris, France, the Académie royale d'architecture is suspended by the revolutionary National Convention, which decrees the abolition of the national academies.
November 25 – The Prince Regent lays the foundation stone of the Chapel Royal, Brighton.Images of England — detailed record, The Chapel Royal, North Street (north side), Brighton https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1380625 historicengland.org.uk English Heritage 2007 2008-08-08
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English architect Thomas Baldwin, having been appointed as the Bath City Architect in 1775, is dismissed as a result of his rivalry with John Palmer of Bath.
The Frydenlund mansion near Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff, is destroyed by fire. The Crown sells the estate to Karl Adolf Boheman, who refurbishes and expands Johan Cornelius Krieger's original house with the assistance of Jørgen Henrich Rawert.http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Frydenlund Frydenlund Danish Gyldendal 2013-05-10
Buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1793
Buildings
thumb|upright|Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci (reconstructed)
Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci, Croatia.http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1000/tekst/novi-hram-na-temeljima-srusene-svetinje/print/lat Novi hram na temeljima srušene svetinje 2013-03-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121120000641/http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1000/tekst/novi-hram-na-temeljima-srusene-svetinje/print/lat 2012-11-20
Lansdown Crescent, Bath, England, designed by John Palmer.1793 The People's Chronology Everett, Jason M. Thomson Gale 2006
George Washington's sixteen-sided barn (16 sides), the earliest recorded barn of this type.
The West Boston Bridge, connecting Boston's West End to Cambridgeport: it spans 180 piers, and is 3,483 feet (1,100 m) long.
Puente Nuevo, Ronda, Spain, spanning the Tajo gorge between the old and new sections of the town, designed by Martín de Aldehuela and begun in 1751.
Fort Pincastle, Nassau, Bahamas, built of native limestone, in the shape of an old paddle-wheel steamer: Fort Pincastle serves as a lighthouse for a quarter century until the lighthouse on Hog Island starts operating in 1817.
Births
March 23 – Vicko Andrić, Croatian architect (died 1866)Karaman, Dujam Srećko (1890). Andrić D. Vicko. Split: Narod.
December 16 – Frederik Ferdinand Friis, Danish architect, professor and Royal Building Inspector (died 1865)
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Thomas Parke, architect, builder, journalist and political figure in Upper Canada (died 1864)
Richard Shackleton Pope, Bristol-based architect (died 1884)
Deaths
July 5 – Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Flemish sculptor and architect (born 1710)
July 27 - Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, French architect (Bourse de Commerce) and author (born 1721)
October 26 – Karl Blank, Russian Baroque and Neoclassical architect (born 1728)
References
Architecture
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