1600s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Construction (by year):

• 1601
  • Jerónimos Monastery at Belém (Lisbon) in Portugal is completed after 100 years.
  • In Naples (Italy), the fountain La Fontana dell'Immacolatella, made of white and gray marble, is built by Michelangelo Naccherino and Pietro Bernini; it is adorned with coats of arms and eagles, and the central coat of arms is upheld by two angels.
  • In Japan, Inuyama Castle is built in Aichi Prefecture (remodeled in 1620).
• 1602–1604 – Vleeshal, Haarlem, North Holland, designed by Lieven de Key, built.
• 1604
  • August – In Amritsar, Punjab, the Harmandir Sahib is inaugurated.
  • In Korea, Bulguksa is reconstructed.
  • In Paris (France), the Pont Neuf over the Seine (begun in 1578 by Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau) is opened to traffic (completed in July 1606; royal inauguration in 1607).
• 1605
  • In Gdańsk, the Old Arsenal, designed by Anthony van Obberghen, Jan Strakowski and Abraham van den Blocke, is completed.
  • In Padua (Veneto), renovation is finished on the Palazzo del Capitanio palace arch and Torre dell'Orologio clock tower (expanded 1599–1605).
  • In Rome, building is begun on Santa Maria della Vittoria (as San Paolo), designed by Carlo Maderno.
  • In England, the Red Hall at Bourne, Lincolnshire, is built.
  • In India, the Jahangir Mahal, Orchha, is built.
• 1607
  • January 19 – San Agustin Church (Manila), designed by Juan Macías, is completed.
• 1608
  • In England, The Great Hall, the first part of the mansion house of Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, is constructed.
  • In Korea, Jongmyo is reconstructed.
• 1609 – Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Goa.

Births

• 1606
  • Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (died 1689)
  • Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680)

Deaths

• 1604 – Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor and architect (born c. 1520)
• 1607: July 24 – Alessandro Pieroni, Italian mannerist painter and architect (born 1550)
• 1607 or 1609 – Vittorio Cassar, Maltese architect (born c. 1550)
• 1608: June 25 or 26 – Bernardo Buontalenti, Florentine mannerist architect, stage designer, military engineer and artist (born c. 1531)

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