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Overview of the events of the 1620s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1619 –
Børsen in
Copenhagen, Denmark designed by
Lorentz and
Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is begun (completed 1640)
- 1620
- 1616–1621 – Church of
St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, Paris, designed by
Salomon de Brosse, is built.
- 1621 – Prince's Lodging at
Newmarket, Suffolk, England, designed by
Inigo Jones, completed.
- 1622–1628 – The
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah in
Agra, India, is built.
- 1622 – The
Banqueting House, Whitehall,
London, is opened with a performance of
Ben Jonson's
The Masque of Augurs designed by the building's architect,
Inigo Jones.
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- 1623 – New
Temple de Charenton-le-Pont [
fr], France, designed by
Salomon de Brosse and
Jean Thiriot, is built.
- 1624
- 1624–1626 – Façade of
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, designed by
Giovanni Battista Soria, is built.
- 1623–1627 –
Queen's Chapel at
St James's Palace in London, designed by
Inigo Jones, is built.
- 1615–1625 –
Luxembourg Palace, Paris, designed by
Salomon de Brosse, is built.
- c. 1625/26 – Coymans house, Keizersgracht,
Amsterdam, designed by
Jacob van Campen.
- 1626 – Rebuilding of
Beopjusa Palsangjeon in Korea is completed.
- 1627
- 1628
- 1629 –
Simtokha Dzong (castle-monastery) in
Bhutan.
Births
- 1620: November 2 (bapt.) –
Roger Pratt, English gentleman architect (died
1684)
- 1621: October 2 (bapt.) –
Hugh May, English architect (died 1684)
Deaths
References