1660s in architecture

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Architecture timeline

Buildings

1660 - Completion of
- Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the Red Fort of Delhi.
- Tilya-Kori Madrasah in the Registan of Samarkand (begun in 1646).
1661 - Work begins on Versailles, near Paris.
1662
- King Charles Court of the Greenwich Hospital in London, designed by John Webb.
- Pažaislis Monastery founded (completed in 1755).
ca. 1663 - Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, designed by Roger Pratt.

1665
- September 21 - New chapel at Pembroke College, Oxford, England, Christopher Wren's first completed work of architecture, is dedicated.
- Sant'Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, designed by Bernini, is completed.
1667
- January 27 - The Opernhaus am Taschenberg in Dresden, designed by Wolf Caspar von Klengel, is opened.
- Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican City, designed by Bernini, is completed.
1669: July 9 - Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren for University ceremonial, is inaugurated.

1661 - English astronomer Christopher Wren advises on repairs to Old St Paul's Cathedral in London and declines appointment to direct new fortifications at Tangier, his earliest known direct involvement with practical architecture.
1666: September 2–5 - The Great Fire of London destroys most of the city including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
1669 - Christopher Wren appointed Surveyor of the King's Works in England.

1660 - Jakob Prandtauer, Austrian Baroque architect (died 1726)
1661 (probable date) - Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect (died 1736)
1661 - Daniel Marot, French architect (died 1752)
1664: January 24 - John Vanbrugh, English dramatist and architect (died 1726)
1666: March 15 - George Bähr, German architect, designer of Protestant churches (died 1738)
1668 - Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Austrian Baroque architect (died 1745)
c. 1668 - Thomas Archer, English architect (died 1743)

1666
- September 23 - François Mansart, French architect (born 1598)
- (date unknown) - Tumas Dingli, Maltese architect (born 1591)
1667: August 3 - Francesco Borromini, Italian Baroque architect (born 1599)
1669: May 16 - Pietro da Cortona, Italian Baroque architect (born 1596)