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Overview of the events of 1707 in architecture
The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events.
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- In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710).
- The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete.
- The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated.
- In Paris, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed.
- In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, Yuánmíngyuán, "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins.