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1808 in architecture
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1808 architecture
The year 1808 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1808
Buildings completed
thumb|upright|Teatro della Concordia in Cremona, Italy
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, France.
Fort Edgecomb, an octagonal, wooden, two-story blockhouse, built in Lincoln County, Maine, USA, to protect Wiscasset's seaport (settled in 1663 on the tidal waters of the Sheepscot River).
Fountain in front of Mission Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Hotel Polski, Warsaw, Poland.
Potseluev Bridge (new cast-iron bridge) across the Moyka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sheffield Old Town Hall, England, UK.
Leeds Library, England, UK, by Thomas Johnson.The Leeds Library https://www.independentlibraries.co.uk/the-leeds-library 2026-08-11 Independent Libraries Association en-GB
Sparks Shot Tower in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Teatro della Concordia, designed by Luigi Canonica, in Cremona, Italy.
Reconstruction of palace at Natolin, Poland, by Chrystian Piotr Aigner for Stanisław Kostka Potocki.
Events
January 12 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver in south east England, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
Awards
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Achille-François-René Leclère.
Births
January 22 – James Fergusson, Scottish writer on architecture (died 1886)
July 25 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (died 1895)
thumb|upright|Carl Gotthard Langhans
February 13 – Robert Russell, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1900)
October 28 – Emilio De Fabris, Florentine architect (died 1883)
date unknown – Jean-Baptiste Schacre, French draughtsman and architect (died 1876)
Deaths
February 18 – Giuseppe Piermarini, Italian architect (born 1734)
March 9 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian-born architect and draughtsman (born 1739)
October 1 – Carl Gotthard Langhans, Prussian builder and architect (born 1732)
References
Architecture
Category:Architecture by year
Category:19th-century architecture