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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Laleli_Mosque/USl64Eak">Laleli Mosque</a> ("Tulip Mosque") in <a href="/facts/Istanbul/Xo1hzGWH">Istanbul</a> is begun (completed in <a href="/facts/1763_in_architecture/wc0TDl2G">1763</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/St._George%2527s_Cathedral%2c_Lviv/ClhRkHu1">St. George's Cathedral, Lviv</a>, Ukraine, designed by Bernard Meretin, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Servite_Church%2c_Vienna/EKfsJvMe">Servite Church, Vienna</a>, designed by Martin Carlone, is consecrated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Santa_Maria_della_Piet%25C3%25A0%2c_Venice/XCsaKDw2">Santa Maria della Pietà, Venice</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Giorgio_Massari/pKVJU4ss">Giorgio Massari</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Most_Holy_Trinity_Church%2c_Fulnek/SNqBxl7A">Most Holy Trinity Church, Fulnek</a>, Moravia, designed by Nikolaus Thalherr, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/%25C3%2598stre_Porsgrunn_Church/bvL2N8NP">Østre Porsgrunn Church</a> in <a href="/facts/Telemark/HqXJLMmm">Telemark</a>, Norway, designed by <a href="/facts/Lauritz_de_Thurah/DJWwDefE">Lauritz de Thurah</a> and Andreas Pfützner and built by <a href="/facts/Joen_Jacobsen/DU7bAh27">Joen Jacobsen</a>, is consecrated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Holy_Trinity_Church%2c_Warrington/GkLNBy4P">Holy Trinity Church, Warrington</a>, England, is completed.</li> <li>Interior <a href="/facts/Rococo/eyKstITz">rococo</a> church decoration of the <a href="/facts/Monastery_of_S%25C3%25A3o_Martinho_de_Tib%25C3%25A3es/1MXWPBNB">Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães</a> in northern Portugal, designed by <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Soares_(architect)/dvWJuzMb">André Soares</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Reredos_of_Our_Lady_of_Light/B7tcaYlC">Reredos of Our Lady of Light</a> in Christo Rey Church, <a href="/facts/Santa_Fe%2c_New_Mexico/BJQf3fmj">Santa Fe, New Mexico</a>, is erected.</li> <li>Reconstruction of <a href="/facts/St._Cyril%2527s_Monastery_(Kiev)/csCEuXhN">St. Cyril's Monastery</a> in <a href="/facts/Kiev/uVAMxK8R">Kiev</a> by <a href="/facts/Ivan_Hryhorovych-Barskyi/glMxjaUU">Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi</a> is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Castellania_(Valletta)/osT6pEAg">Castellania</a> in <a href="/facts/Valletta/gfgJDaaQ">Valletta</a>, completed by Giuseppe Bonnici to a design by Francesco Zerafa, is opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edinburgh_City_Chambers/8sIxaTyV">Edinburgh City Chambers</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Adam_(architect)/9Csf093x">John Adam</a> as the Royal Exchange, is opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hagley_Hall/kItpNJ2a">Hagley Hall</a> in Worcestershire, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Sanderson_Miller/VSFW0WB9">Sanderson Miller</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brockdorff%2527s_Palace/dr47a5dg">Brockdorff's Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Copenhagen/58Tl28IX">Copenhagen</a> is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grassalkovich_Palace/rwdYbEmI">Grassalkovich Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Bratislava</a> is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palazzo_Estense/kAV4X5SK">Palazzo Estense</a> in <a href="/facts/Varese/3P3xUf9v">Varese</a>, Lombardy, designed by <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Bianchi_(architect)/cQXTHWc1">Giuseppe Bianchi</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Selo_Mansion/urUah9K7">Selo Mansion</a> in <a href="/facts/Ljubljana/zwTrXoTb">Ljubljana</a>.</li> <li>New country house at <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25B8lyst_(Klampenborg)/sE92xnND">Sølyst (Klampenborg)</a> near <a href="/facts/Copenhagen/58Tl28IX">Copenhagen</a> is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arno%2527s_Court_Triumphal_Arch/ntzrwbBd">Arno's Court Triumphal Arch</a> in <a href="/facts/Bristol/nLwyoDTG">Bristol</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/James_Bridges_(architect)/2Uuayaew">James Bridges</a>, is built.</li> <li>In <a href="/facts/Amalfi/AfU2AlRU">Amalfi</a>, at Duomo square, a <a href="/facts/Baroque/9hAsnf9X">Baroque</a> fountain is built.</li> <li>In <a href="/facts/Cortona/Kb4bMs4q">Cortona</a>, <a href="/facts/Tuscany/Ivw1ogrE">Tuscany</a>, <i>La Mucchia casa vacanze</i>, a typical Tuscan farmhouse, is built by Count Passerini of Cortona.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stockholm_Palace/1CaPCSfU">Stockholm Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden is completed.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Newport_History/gGcLKVY0">Old Brick Market</a>, a "handsome expression of civic and commercial life" designed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Harrison_(architect)/kKGhEDQ3">Peter Harrison</a>, opens in <a href="/facts/Newport%2c_Rhode_Island/C0UsPEff">Newport, Rhode Island</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_30/ESdoV1cW">September 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Michele_Cachia/9qYFGgBR">Michele Cachia</a>, Maltese architect and military engineer (died <a href="/facts/1839_in_architecture/J0ojqclF">1839</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/James_Cavanah_Murphy/HCTG24HL">James Cavanah Murphy</a>, Irish-born architect and antiquary (died <a href="/facts/1814_in_architecture/VxLNMjKI">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Willey_Reveley/VHfmSHG4">Willey Reveley</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1799_in_architecture/MU6NJU6y">1799</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_20/IuYqbRIa">November 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Carlo_Galli-Bibiena/HNevs1AD">Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena</a>, Italian architect and designer (born <a href="/facts/1717_in_architecture/msKpMxxT">1717</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Morgan, William (14 February 2019). "5 gems of Rhode Island architecture". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 19 February 2019. <a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture" target="_blank">https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>