1650s in architecture
overview of the events of the 1650s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
1650
The Marian column in Prague is erected (destroyed 1918).
Talar Ashraf palace in Isfahan, Persia, is built.
(approximate date) The Khaju Bridge in Isfahan is built.
1651
Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in Poznań (Poland) is started (completed c.1701).
Karamon of Ueno Tōshō-gū shrine in Tokyo is built.
1652 – Church of the Resurrection, Kostroma.
1653
The Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India (begun in 1630 and probably designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri) is completed.
The Radziwiłł Palace, Vilnius, is completed.
1654 – Construction of Skokloster Castle in Sweden to the design of Caspar Vogel begins (completed 1676).
1656
The Jama Masjid, Delhi, is completed.
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