1630s in architecture

Buildings

• 1632 – work started on the Taj Mahal, designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.
• 1633 – completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. (begun 1627 by Maderno)
• 1633 – opening of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare Longhena.
• 1633 - reconstruction of the Great Synagogue of Vilna completed
• 1635 – work started on the Radziwiłł Palace in Vilnius
• November 7, 1638 – The Marian column in Marienplatz in Munich, the first one north of the Alps, was built.
• Shah Jahan decides to found a new capital in the region of Dehli.

Births

• October 20, 1632 - Christopher Wren (died 1723)
• July 18, 1635 - Robert Hooke (died 1703)

Deaths

• 1630: Hans van Steenwinckel, Flemish/Danish architect (b. 1587)