1680s in architecture
overview of the events of the 1680s in architecture
Buildings and structures
1680
St Clement Danes, London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
Church of San Lorenzo, Turin, designed by Guarino Guarini, is substantially completed.
Star Building at Windsor Castle and Cassiobury House in England, designed by Hugh May, are completed; and his work on St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, is beginning.
1681
Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena in 1631, is dedicated.
Sobieski Royal Chapel in Gdańsk, designed by Tylman van Gameren, is completed.
Old Ship Church Puritan meeting house in Hingham, Massachusetts, which will become the oldest church building in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States, is erected.
Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, Aragon, is begun to the design of Francisco Herrera the Younger (completed 1754).
1682
Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed.
Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
College of Matrons in Salisbury, England, probably designed by Christopher Wren, is built.
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