1717 in architecture

none 1717 architecture The year 1717 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1717 Buildings thumb|The Kuronomon and Sanmon (1717) gates of Taiseki-ji The Sanmon gate of Taiseki-ji temple on the lower slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan, is built with donations from Tenneiin, the wife of sixth shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu.Head Temple Taisekiji Nichiren Shoshu https://www.nichirenshoshu.or.jp/eng/taisekiji.html 2026-02-11 Bluecoat Chambers (school) in Liverpool, England, is first completed. Bluecoat School, Chester, England, is built.Bluecoat School and Former Chapel of St John Baptist, Non Civil Parish Historic England 2002-04-16 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375966 2026-02-11 Steeple of St Mary le Strand church in London, designed by James Gibbs, is completed. The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts (later home of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott) is first recorded. Construction of the Basilica of Superga begins in the Savoyard state. The first stone of the Mafra National Palace is laid on the 17th of November with a grand ceremony and the presence of King John V of Portugal. Births July 14 – Ventura Rodríguez, Spanish architect (died 1785)Viva Arquitectura Thomas F. Reese Arquitectura Viva 2019-02-07 https://arquitecturaviva.com/articles/on-ventura-rodriguez 2026-02-11 August 11 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect, designer and painter (died 1760) c. October – James Paine, English architect (died 1789) James Paine (1717 - 1789) www.royalacademy.org.uk https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/james-paine 2026-02-11 Adriano Cristofali, Veronese architect (died 1788) Deaths References architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:1710s architecture