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Overview of the events of 1742 in architecture
The year 1742 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
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Azm Palace (Hama),
Syria, built.
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Hôtel de Caumont,
Aix-en-Provence, designed by
Robert de Cotte (d.1735) and
Georges Vallon, completed.
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Kozłówka Palace, Poland, designed by Józef Fontana II, completed.
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Palace of Portici, Italy, designed by
Antonio Canevari, completed.
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Palais Rohan, Strasbourg,
Alsace, designed by
Robert de Cotte, completed.
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Malplaquet House, east London, England, built.
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Berlin Court Opera, designed by
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, inaugurated.
- Queen Mary Court at
Greenwich Hospital, London, planned by
Wren (d.1723) and
Hawksmoor (d.1736), completed by
Thomas Ripley.
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Redland Chapel,
Bristol, England, designed probably by
John Strahan or
William Halfpenny, built.
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