The year 1740 in architecture involved some significant events. In Ballymena (Ireland), the original Ballymena Castle burns down. Teatro Regio (Turin)...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1740. 1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday...
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This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages. Notable events in architecture and related disciplines including...
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The architecture of Germany has a long, rich and diverse history. Every major European style from Roman to Postmodern is represented, including renowned...
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Barrière – 6 Cello Sonatas, Livre 4 (Paris: Composer) (Likely composed 1737–1740) Michel Blavet – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 3 Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces...
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The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings...
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The year 1740 in science and technology involved some significant events. Jean Paul de Gua de Malves publishes his work of analytic geometry, Usages de...
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(August 28, 1740 – October 31, 1820) was an American merchant who founded the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. Lynch was born on August 28, 1740, in Albemarle...
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Summerson, John (1945). Georgian London. p. 135. "Architectural Style: Georgian Architecture (1740–1830)". buildinghistory.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018...
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about the literary events and publications of 1740. Autumn – John Cleland leaves government service in Bombay to return to Britain. November 6 – Samuel...
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Wunderbaren in der Poesie a German-language critical treatise published in Switzerland Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:...
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Rococo (redirect from Rococo (architecture))
in Paris (1735 – 1740) by Germain Boffrand Table design by Juste-Aurele Meissonier (1730) Grand Chamber of the Prince, Hôtel de Soubise (1735 – 1740)...
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Hîrjauca monastery (category Christian monasteries established in the 18th century)
According to this version, the year of establishment of the hermitage is 1740. There are also two other versions regarding the foundation of the hermitage...
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The following is a list of examples of various types of Baroque architecture since its origins. List of Baroque residences...
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The architecture of Russia refers to the architecture of modern Russia as well as the architecture of both the original Kievan Rus', the Russian principalities...
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Folly (redirect from Folly (architecture))
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant...
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Kinderdijk windmills (category Tourist attractions in South Holland)
of Alblasserdam. Built in 1738 and 1740, to keep water out of the polder, it is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands and one...
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Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe...
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Czech Baroque architecture refers to the architectural period of the 17th and 18th century in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, which comprised the Crown...
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Baroque (redirect from Baroque Art and Architecture)
bə-ROK, US: /-ˈroʊk/ -ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished...
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This is a description of fifty churches in Paris classified by the French Ministry of Culture as national historic monuments. They are listed by Arrondissement...
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First Silesian War (redirect from First Silesian War (1740–42))
1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland) from Austria. The war was fought mainly in...
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Vienna (redirect from Architecture of Vienna)
Messerschmidt. A variety of architectural styles have been preserved in Vienna, including Romanesque architecture and Baroque architecture. Art Nouveau has left...
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American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period...
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Jakarta (redirect from Architecture of Jakarta)
revolt, 5,000 Chinese were massacred by the Dutch and natives on 9 October 1740, and the following year, Chinese inhabitants were moved to Glodok outside...
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Clear Springs Plantation (category Houses completed in 1740)
was built about 1740, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five bay by two bay, Georgian style frame dwelling. It may be the oldest standing structure in Craven County...
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Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl (category Houses completed in 1740)
Clemens August to practice falconry, and the lodge was built from 1729 to 1740. The elaborate gardens surrounding the Augustusburg palace were designed...
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Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States. In 2006 and...
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Havana (redirect from Architecture of Havana)
completed by 1740. By the middle of the 18th century Havana had more than seventy thousand inhabitants, and was the third-largest city in the Americas...
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Joaquin de Alcubierre. 1749: Stabiae rediscovered by Joaquin de Alcubierre. 1740: Nicholas Mahudel's Les Monumens les plus anciens de l'industrie des hommes...
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