Editing 1856 in architecture (section)

===Buildings opened===
[[File:EsztergomBasilica-South.jpg|thumb|[[Esztergom Basilica]], Hungary]]
[[File:Victoria Parliament House Melbourne.jpg|thumb|The [[Parliament House, Melbourne]], Australia]]
* February – [[State Library of Victoria]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[Joseph Reed (architect)|Joseph Reed]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tulk-augustus-henry-4756|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=2015-03-03|title=Tulk, Augustus Henry (1810–1873)|first=C. A.|last=McCallum|year=1976}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] – [[Rumeli Feneri]], Istanbul, Turkey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rumelifeneri.com/Forum.asp?forum=oku&msgid=854|publisher=Rumelifeneri|title=Rumelifeneri|language=Turkish|access-date=2010-06-06|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212809/https://www.rumelifeneri.com/Forum.asp?forum=oku&msgid=854|archive-date=2011-07-15}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – The [[Esztergom Basilica]] in Hungary, designed by Pál Kühnel and [[József Hild]] (consecrated)
* [[October 4]] – [[Lindau Lighthouse]], Bavaria
* [[November 1]] – [[Stamford East railway station|Stamford Water Street railway station]] in Lincolnshire, England, designed by William Hurst<ref>{{cite book|first=Gordon |last=Biddle|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}</ref>