Editing 1660s in architecture

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==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1660}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Kingston Lacy House (South).jpg|thumb|[[Kingston Lacy]] in [[Dorset]], England]]
[[File:Sheldonian Theatre Oxford.jpg|thumb|[[Sheldonian Theatre]], [[Oxford]]]]
* 1660 
** [[Moti Masjid (Red Fort)|Moti Masjid]] (Pearl [[Mosque]]) in the [[Red Fort]] of [[Old Delhi|Delhi]] completed.
** [[Teele Wali Masjid]], Lucknow in the regin of Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]], Built in the supervision of [[Fidai Khan Koka]], completed.
** Tilya-Kori Madrasah in the [[Registan]] of [[Samarkand]] completed (begun in [[1646 in architecture|1646]]).
* 1661
** [[Vaux-le-Vicomte|Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte]], designed by [[Louis Le Vau]], completed.
** Work begun on [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], near [[Paris]].
* 1662
** King Charles Court of the [[Greenwich Hospital (London)|Greenwich Hospital]] in [[London]], designed by [[John Webb (architect)|John Webb]].
** [[Pažaislis Monastery]] founded (completed in 1755).
** [[Coleshill House]] in the [[Vale of White Horse]], [[England]], designed by [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]], completed (begun in 1649).
** [[Groombridge Place]] in [[Kent]], England, built by [[Philip Packer]] for himself.
* 1663
** [[Galerie d'Apollon]] at the [[Louvre Palace]], designed by [[Louis Le Vau]], completed.
** [[arsenal of Civitavecchia]], designed by [[Gianlorenzo Bernini]], completed (begun in 1660).
* 1664 
**Eltham Lodge near London, designed by [[Hugh May]], completed.
* 1665
** [[Sant'Andrea al Quirinale]] in [[Rome]], designed by [[Bernini]], completed.
** Designs for [[Louvre Palace]] façade by [[Bernini]] (unbuilt).
** [[Kingston Lacy]] in [[Dorset]], designed by [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]], completed (begun in 1663). 
** Horseheath Hall in [[Cambridgeshire]], designed by [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]], completed (begun in 1663).
** [[Petersberg Citadel]], Erfurt, Germany foundation stone laid (June 1).
** New chapel at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], England, [[Christopher Wren]]'s first completed work of architecture, dedicated (September 21).
** [[Chapel of Brasenose College, Oxford]] consecrated.
* 1666
** [[Scala Regia (Vatican)|Scala Regia]] in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]], designed by [[Bernini]], completed.
** Plans for rebuilding [[London]] by various leading citizens, including [[Christopher Wren]], [[Robert Hooke]], and [[John Evelyn]].
* 1667
** [[Saint Peter's Square]] in the [[Vatican City]], designed by [[Bernini]], completed.
** [[Louvre Palace]] façade, designed by [[Claude Perrault]], begun (completed in 1674).
** [[Val-de-Grâce|Church of the Val-de-Grâce]], designed by [[François Mansart]] and [[Jacques Lemercier]], completed (begun in 1645).
** [[Clarendon House]] in London, designed by [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]], completed (begun in 1664).
** [[Santa Maria in Campitelli]] in [[Rome]], designed by [[Carlo Rainaldi]], completed.
** [[Opernhaus am Taschenberg]] in [[Dresden]], designed by [[Wolf Caspar von Klengel]], opened (January 27).
* 1668
** [[San Lorenzo, Turin|San Lorenzo]] in [[Turin]], designed by [[Guarino Guarini]], begun (completed in 1687).
* 1669
** [[Sheldonian Theatre]] in [[Oxford]], England, designed by [[Christopher Wren]] for University ceremonial, inaugurated (July 9).
** Second [[Royal Exchange, London]], designed by Edward Jarman, opened (September 28).
** [[Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi]], built.

==Events==
* 1661 – English astronomer [[Christopher Wren]] advises on repairs to [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]] in London and declines appointment to direct new fortifications at [[Tangier]], his earliest known direct involvement with practical architecture.
* 1665-66: [[Christopher Wren]] traveled to [[Paris]]; met [[Bernini]]
* 1666: September 2–5 – The [[Great Fire of London]] destroys most of the city including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
* 1667: August 18 – In an effort to prevent narrow streets from being blocked from all light by tall buildings, the city of [[Paris]] enacts its first building code limiting the height of new construction. Buildings may be no taller than eight [[toise]]  — {{convert|15.6|m}} — tall. In 1783, rules are implemented to consider the width of the street.
* 1668 – [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]] becomes the first person [[knight]]ed for services to architecture.
* 1668: June – [[William Talman (architect)|William Talman]] appointed [[Comptroller of the King's Works]] in England.
* 1669: March 19 – [[Christopher Wren]] appointed [[Office of Works|Surveyor of the King's Works]] in England.

==Births==
* 1660 – [[Jakob Prandtauer]], Austrian Baroque architect (died [[1726 in architecture|1726]])
* 1661 – [[Daniel Marot]], French architect (died [[1752 in architecture|1752]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Marot {{!}} People {{!}} Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |url=http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18042233 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=collection.cooperhewitt.org}}</ref>
* 1661: May 7 – [[George Clarke]], English politician, scholar and amateur architect (died [[1736 in architecture|1736]])
* 1661 (probable date) – [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]], English architect (died 1736)
* 1664: January 24 – [[John Vanbrugh]], English dramatist and architect (died [[1726 in architecture|1726]])
* 1666: March 15 – [[George Bähr]], German architect, designer of [[Protestant]] [[Church (building)|churches]] (died [[1738 in architecture|1738]])
* 1668 – [[Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt]], Austrian Baroque architect (died [[1745 in architecture|1745]])
* c. 1668 – [[Thomas Archer]], English architect (died [[1743 in architecture|1743]])

==Deaths==
* 1666
**January 28 – [[Tommaso Dingli]], Maltese architect (born [[1591 in architecture|1591]])
**September 23 – [[François Mansart]], French architect (born [[1598 in architecture|1598]])
* 1667: August 3 – [[Francesco Borromini]], Italian Baroque architect (born [[1599 in architecture|1599]])
* 1669: May 16 – [[Pietro da Cortona]], Italian Baroque architect (born [[1596 in architecture|1596]])

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