1630s in architecture

Buildings

• 1630s – Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan in Lahore is built.
• 1630–1631 – Church of San Caio in Rome rebuilt by Francesco Peparelli and Vincenzo della Greca.
• 1630–1635 – The Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is built.
• 1631 – Work starts on the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena.
• 1632
  • College chapel of Peterhouse, Cambridge, England, is consecrated.
  • Work starts on the Taj Mahal, probably designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.
• 1633
  • Completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (begun 1627 by Maderno).
  • Reconstruction of the Great Synagogue of Vilna completed.
  • Completion of St Columb's Cathedral, Derry, Ireland, designed by William Parrott, the first post-Reformation Anglican cathedral built in the British Isles and the first Protestant cathedral built in Europe.^[1][2]
  • St Paul's, Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, opened to worship, the first wholly new church built in London since the English Reformation.
  • Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto, Japan, built.
  • Grange Court in Leominster, England, built by John Abel.
• 1634–1635 – House for Constantijn Huygens on the Binnenhof in The Hague (Dutch Republic), designed by Jacob van Campen with the client, is built.
• 1635
  • Canterbury Quadrangle at St John's College, Oxford, England, the first example of Italian Renaissance architecture in the city, is completed.
  • The Radziwiłł Palace, Vilnius, is begun.

• 1635–1636 – Yerevan Kiosk (Revan Köşkü), designed by Architect Kasemi, in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, is built.
• 1636
  • Completion of the Sherdar Madrasa in Samarkand (begun 1619).
  • Construction of Pont Fawr bridge at Llanrwst in Wales.
  • Construction of the Floriana Lines around Floriana on Malta, designed by Pietro Paolo Floriani, is begun.
• 1637 – Almshouses at Moretonhampstead, England, built in surviving form.
• 1638
  • May 13 – Construction begins on the Red Fort in Delhi for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
  • November 7 – The Mariensäule Marian column in Marienplatz in Munich, the first one north of the Alps, is completed.
  • The Queen's House at Greenwich in England, designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 as the first major example of classical architecture in the country, is completed.^[3]
• 1638–1639 – Baghdad Kiosk (Bağdat Köşkü), designed by Architect Kasemi, in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, is built.