Editing 1763 in architecture

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The year '''1763 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[April 3]] – Foundation stone of the church of [[La Madeleine, Paris]] laid; the original design, commissioned in [[1757 in architecture|1757]] from [[Pierre Contant d'Ivry]], will not be completed.
* Chapel for [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare Hall]] in the University of Cambridge (England) designed by [[James Burrough (architect)|Sir James Burrough]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1763}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Touro external.png|thumb|325px|[[Touro Synagogue]], [[List of the oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest surviving synagogue in the United States]]]]
* [[May 14]] – [[Teatro Comunale di Bologna|Nuovo Teatro Pubblico]] in [[Bologna]], designed by [[Antonio Galli Bibiena]], opened.
* [[July 24]] – [[Požega Cathedral]], [[Požega, Croatia]], consecrated.
* [[December 2]] – [[Touro Synagogue]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]], designed by [[Peter Harrison (architect)|Peter Harrison]], dedicated.
* [[St Cecilia's Hall]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, designed by [[Robert Mylne (architect)|Robert Mylne]], opened.

===Buildings completed===
* [[Börringe Priory|Börringe Castle]], Sweden.<ref>[http://www.borringekloster.se/ Börringekloster.] {{in lang|sv}}.</ref>
* Church of St. Mary Magdalene, [[Croome, Worcestershire]], England, designed by "[[Capability Brown]]" (exterior) and [[Robert Adam]] (interior).
* [[Clérigos Church]] tower, [[Porto]], Portugal.
* [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)]], Pennsylvania.
* [[Villa Albani]] in Rome, designed by [[Carlo Marchionni]], is substantially completed.
* [[Donnington Grove]] in Berkshire, England, designed by John Chute, is built.
* [[Theater am Kärntnertor]] in Vienna, rebuilding by [[Nicolò Pacassi]] is completed.
* [[:File:Royal Naval Museum.jpg|Present Use Storehouse]] (No. 11), [[Portsmouth Historic Dockyard]], England, is built.

==Births==
* [[August 8]] – [[Charles Bulfinch]], first native-born American to practice [[architecture]] as a [[architect|profession]]<ref name=baltzell>Baltzell, Edward Digby (1996). ''Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia''. Transaction Publishers. pp. 322-24. {{ISBN|1-56000-830-X}}.</ref> (died [[1844 in architecture|1844]])

==Deaths==
* [[February 2]] – [[Emmanuel Héré de Corny]], French court architect to [[Stanisław Leszczyński]] at Nancy (born [[1705 in architecture|1705]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Johann Joseph Couven]], German baroque architect (born [[1701 in architecture|1701]])

==References==
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