page_title: 1650s in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1650s in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Español: Taj Mahal, Agra, India - foto con reflejo en el agua. Português: Taj Mahal, Agra, Índia. Foto do monumento e seu reflexo na água.
context_page_description: 1650
  The Marian column in Prague is erected.
  Talar Ashraf palace in Isfahan, Persia, is built.
  The Khaju Bridge in Isfahan is built.
  1651 – Collegiate Church of Saint Magdalena and Saint Stanisław in Poznań is started.
  1652 – Church of the Resurrection, Kostroma.
  1653
  The Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India is completed.
  The Radziwiłł Palace, Vilnius, is completed.
  1654
  Construction of Skokloster Castle in Sweden to the design of Caspar Vogel begins.
  1656
  The Jama Masjid, Delhi, is completed.
  The colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is started by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
  1658
  Terraced houses at 52–55 Newington Green in London, perhaps by Thomas Pidcock, are completed.
  St Nicholas Abbey in Saint Peter, Barbados, is begun.
  1659
  Trashigang Dzong in Bhutan is built.
  Ca' Pesaro on the Grand Canal is started by Baldassarre Longhena.
  Saleh Kamboh Mosque in Lahore is founded.
  Tomb of Nadira Begum in Lahore is started.
context_section_description: 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).
  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.
  The colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is started by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
  1658
  Terraced houses at 52–55 Newington Green in London, perhaps by Thomas Pidcock, are completed.
  St Nicholas Abbey (plantation house) in Saint Peter, Barbados, is begun.
  1659
  Trashigang Dzong in Bhutan is built.
  Ca' Pesaro on the Grand Canal (Venice) is started by Baldassarre Longhena (completed 1710).
  Saleh Kamboh Mosque in Lahore is founded.
  Tomb of Nadira Begum in Lahore is started.
caption: Taj Mahal completed
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