1620s in architecture

none August 2012 1620 architecture __TOC__ Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1620 Buildings thumb|Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Agra thumb|The Luxembourg Palace, Paris thumb|Salzburg Cathedral in Austria thumb|Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila, Philippines 1619 – Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is begun (completed 1640) 1620 Work on Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower in Xgħajra, Malta begins. Reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark, is completed by Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger following the death of his brother Lorentz. Skaill House on Orkney is built. 1620 – Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila, Philippines. 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.Banqueting House http://www.roughguides.com/travel/europe/england/london/whitehall/banqueting-house.aspx London Guide Rough Guides 2012-08-27August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 1623 – New Temple de Charenton-le-Pont fr, France, designed by Salomon de Brosse and Jean Thiriot, is built. 1624 St John's College Old Library, Cambridge, building is completed. The Palace of Versailles is first built by order of King Louis XIII of France, as a hunting lodge.Peter Williams The Construction of Versailles (1661-1715) University Microfilms 1977 1 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 Palazzo Barberini in Rome begun by Carlo Maderno and Francesco Borromini (completed 1633). Muchalls Castle in Scotland, reconstruction completed by Thomas Burnett of Leys. 1628 Salzburg Cathedral in Austria, designed by Santino Solari (after Vincenzo Scamozzi), consecrated. George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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 1620 – Bontadino de Bontadini, Bolognese-born hydraulic engineer, architect, mathematician and woodcarver, murdered 1626: December 9 – Salomon de Brosse, French architect (born 1571) 1627: July 17 – Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (born 1560) 1629: January 30 – Carlo Maderno, Ticinese-born architect (born 1556) References * Architecture