Buildings , Samarkand • 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. •
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. , Greenwich • 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. • 1638–1639 – Baghdad Kiosk (
Bağdat Köşkü), designed by
Architect Kasemi, in the
Topkapı Palace,
Istanbul, is built. ==Births==