1610s in architecture

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1600s . 1610s in architecture . 1620s

Architecture timeline

Events

• April 27, 1613 - Inigo Jones is appointed Surveyor of the King's Works in England.
• September 1615 - Inigo Jones, newly returned from a tour of continental Europe, is appointed Surveyor-General of the King's Works in England.

Buildings

Jesuit Church, Molsheim, France

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Wignacourt Tower in St. Paul's Bay, Malta

• 1610
  • The Changdeokgung of Korea is reconstructed.
  • The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, designed by Palladio is completed.
  • Wignacourt Tower is built in St. Paul's Bay, Malta
• 1611
  • The Catholic church of Virgen del Rosario is built in Benejúzar, Spain.
  • The Deoksugung of Korea is completed.
  • Saint Lucian Tower in Marsaxlokk, Malta is completed (begun in 1610).
• 1614
  • The Marian column in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, designed by Carlo Maderno, is built; it serves as a model for numerous Marian columns in many Catholic countries.
  • The Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, designed by Georg Ridinger, is completed (begun in 1605).
  • Work starts on Saint Thomas Tower in Marsaskala, Malta.
• 1615
  • Work starts on the Jesuit Church, Molsheim (consecrated in 1618).
  • The Wignacourt Aqueduct in Malta is completed (begun in 1610).
• 1616
  • Work starts on the Queen's House in Greenwich, England, designed by Inigo Jones (work is suspended in 1619 and resumed 1630-35).
  • The Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("Blue Mosque") in Istanbul is completed.
  • The Gyeonghuigung of Korea is completed.
  • The Changgyeonggung of Korea is reconstructed.
  • Marsalforn Tower in Gozo, Malta, is completed (begun c.1614).
• 1617 - The Basilica Palladiana, in Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, is completed (begun in 1549).
• 1618 - Saint Mary's Tower in Comino, Malta, is completed.
• 1619
  • The Banqueting House at Whitehall in London and the Prince's Lodging at Newmarket, Suffolk, both designed by Inigo Jones, are begun.
  • Naghsh-i Jahan Square is built in Isfahan, Iran by Mohammadreza Isfahani.
  • Remodelling of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, is completed by Juan Gómez de Mora.
  • Ballintaylor House at Whitechurch, Waterford, Ireland, is built by Sir Richard Osbourne.

Publications

• 1615 – Vincenzo Scamozzi - L'Idea della Architettura Universale (The Universal Idea of Architecture)

Births

• May 4, 1611 - Carlo Rainaldi (died 1691)
• 1611 - John Webb (died 1672)
• 1612 - Louis Le Vau (died 1670)
• 1613 - Claude Perrault (died 1688)

Deaths

• August 7, 1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi (born 1548)