page_title: 1640s in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1640s in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Taj Mahal, Agra. FP on the English Wikipedia. Dansk: Taj Mahal, Agra, Indien
context_page_description: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is under construction, probably by Ustad Ahmad Lahori, to a commission by Shah Jahan. The mosque and jawab in the complex are completed in 1643.
  1640
  Børsen in Copenhagen, designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger and begun in 1619, is completed.
  59–60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, probably designed by Inigo Jones and begun about 1638, is completed.
  1641
  Tron Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by John Mylne, is dedicated.
  The Mauritshuis at The Hague in the Dutch Republic, designed by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, is completed.
  1645–1648 – Main structure of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, is built.
  1646
  The St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, Dingli, Malta, is rebuilt after the original chapel had collapsed.
  Chehel Sotoun in Isfahan, Persia, is completed.
  New Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, is begun to designs of 1636 by Christophe Gamard; it will not be completed until the later 18th century.
  1647 – The Changdeokgung in Seoul, Korea, is reconstructed.
  1648 – Buildings commissioned by Shah Jahan in India:
  April 6: Red Fort, Delhi, is completed to designs by Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
  Jama Mosque, Agra, is built.
context_section_description: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is under construction, probably by Ustad Ahmad Lahori, to a commission by Shah Jahan. The mosque and jawab in the complex are completed in 1643.
  1640
  Børsen in Copenhagen, designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger and begun in 1619, is completed.
  59–60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (later known as Lindsey House), probably designed by Inigo Jones and begun about 1638, is completed.
  1641
  Tron Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by John Mylne, is dedicated.
  The Mauritshuis at The Hague in the Dutch Republic, designed by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, is completed.
  1645–1648 – Main structure of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, is built.
  1646
  The St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, Dingli, Malta, is rebuilt after the original chapel had collapsed.
  Chehel Sotoun in Isfahan, Persia, is completed.
  New Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, is begun to designs of 1636 by Christophe Gamard; it will not be completed until the later 18th century.
  1647 – The Changdeokgung in Seoul, Korea, is reconstructed.
  1648 – Buildings commissioned by Shah Jahan in India:
  April 6: Red Fort, Delhi, is completed to designs by Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
  Jama Mosque, Agra, is built.
caption: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India
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