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Overview of the events of the 1690s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1690
- 1690–1700 – Two Baroque palaces in
Vilnius,
Sapieha Palace and
Slushko Palace, designed by
Pietro Perti, are erected.
- 1689–1691 –
Swallowfield Park, near
Reading, Berkshire, England, designed by
William Talman, is built.
- 1691–1697 –
Branicki Palace, Białystok, Poland, designed by
Tylman van Gameren, is built.
- 1692
- 1694
- 1695 –
Wren Library, the library of
Trinity College, Cambridge, England, designed by
Christopher Wren, is completed.
- 1695–1699 –
Craigiehall, near Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Sir
William Bruce.
- 1696
- 1697 –
Trinity Cathedral in
Solikamsk, Russia (begun
1683), is completed.
- 1698 – Fortified town of
Neuf-Brisach in
Alsace, designed by
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, is begun.
- 1699 –
Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England (completed
1712), designed by Sir
John Vanbrugh and
Nicholas Hawksmoor, is begun.
Events
Births
Deaths
References
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^ Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford: An Architectural Guide. Oxford University Press.
ISBN
0-14-071045-0.