1780 in architecture

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The year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events.

Fragrant Hills Pagoda

Buildings

• April 17 - Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in France, designed by Victor Louis is inaugurated.
• June 24 - Chesme Church in Saint Petersburg, designed by Yury Felten, is consecrated.
• Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, is consecrated.
• Fragrant Hills Pagoda in China is completed.
• Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is built.
• Xumi Fushou Temple in Chengde Mountain Resort, China, is built.
• Royal Villa of Monza in Lombardy, designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, is completed.
• Reconstruction of Palazzo Tucci in Lucca, Tuscany by Ottaviano Diodati is commissioned.

Births

• October 1 - Robert Smirke, English architect (died 1867)

Deaths

• August 29 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (born 1713)