The year 1747 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Sanssouci in Potsdam, designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, is completed. Schlosstheater Schönbrunn in Vienna, designed by Nicolò Pacassi, is completed. Pálffy Palace (Bratislava) is built. Reconstruction of church of Santi Quaranta Martiri e San Pasquale Baylon, Rome, by Giuseppe Sardi is completed. Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana), designed by Candido Zulliani, is consecrated. The tower of St. Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, is built by Lancelot Dowbiggin. Usk Bridge (Usk), Monmouthshire, designed by William Edwards, is completed.
Births Vincenzo Brenna, Florentine-born architect (died 1820)
Deaths April 24 – Johann Georg Fischer, German architect (born 1673)
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