1707 in architecture

Events

• Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun.
• The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower, designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete.
• The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated.
• In Paris, France, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed.
• In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace begins.

Births

• February 1 – Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect
• unknown dates
• *Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer
• *Johann George Schmidt, German baroque architect working in Dresden

Deaths

• November 26 – Leonhard Dientzenhofer, German builder and architect