1670s in architecture

Buildings

• 1670
  • Báo Quốc Pagoda, Huế, Vietnam, is built.
  • Saint George Palace, Rennes, France, has its foundation stones laid.
• 1671 - Weston Park, Shropshire, England, is built for Elizabeth Wilbraham.
• 1672 - Temple Bar London is rebuilt by Christopher Wren.
• 1673 - Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Punjab, is built for Aurangzeb.
• 1675
  • Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, designed by Robert Hooke.
  • June - Work on the new St Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, begins.
• 1676
  • The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed.
  • Wren Library, Cambridge, the library of Trinity College, England, is designed by Christopher Wren (completed 1695).
  • Main courtyards of Les Invalides in Paris, designed by Libéral Bruant, are completed.
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius is completed.
• 1677
  • The Monument to the Great Fire of London, designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke is completed.
  • Chapel of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, designed by Christopher Wren.
• 1679 - Chapel (Église Saint-Louis des Invalides) at Les Invalides, Paris, is completed to the design of Libéral Bruant.

Events

• 1671: December 30 - The Académie royale d'architecture is founded by Louis XIV of France in Paris, the world's first school of architecture.

Births

• 1670 - Johann Friedrich Ludwig (died 1752)
• 1672 - Francis Smith (died 1738)
• 1676 - Colen Campbell (died 1729)
• 1678: March 7 - Filippo Juvara (died 1736)

Deaths

• 1670: October 11 - Louis Le Vau (born 1612)
• 1672: October 24 - John Webb (born 1611)