1755 in architecture

Buildings and structures

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.

Groote Kerk, Galle, Zeilan, is inaugurated
Reformed Church of Shawangunk, New York, is inaugurated
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

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