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Construction (by year):
* 1601
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Buildings and structures
{{See also, Buildings and structures completed in 1600Buildings
Construction (by year):
* 1601
** Jerónimos Monastery
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery ( pt, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, ) is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. It became the necropolis o ...
at Belém (Lisbon)
Belém () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Belém is located in western Lisbon, to the west of Ajuda and Alcântara and directly east of Lisbon's border with Oeiras. Belém is famous as a museum ...
in Portugal is completed after 100 years.
** In Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
(Italy
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), the fountain '' La Fontana dell'Immacolatella'', made of white and gray marble, is built by Michelangelo Naccherino and Pietro Bernini
Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor. He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini.
Biography
Bernini was born in Sesto F ...
; it is adorned with coats of arms and eagles, and the central coat of arms is upheld by two angels.
** In Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, Inuyama Castle is built in Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
(remodeled in 1620
Events
January–June
* February 4 – Prince Bethlen Gabor signs a peace treaty with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
* May 17 – The first merry-go-round is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey).
* June 3 – The ...
).
* 1602–1604 – Vleeshal
The Vleeshal is a historical building dating from 1603 on the Grote Markt in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
History
''Vleeshal'' means meat-hall; it was the only place in Haarlem where fresh meat was allowed to be sold from 1604 to the 18th century. ...
, Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
, North Holland, designed by Lieven de Key, built.
* 1604
** August – In Amritsar
Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...
, Punjab, the Harmandir Sahib is inaugurated.
** In Korea, Bulguksa is reconstructed.
** In Paris ( France), the Pont Neuf over the Seine
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(begun in 1578 by Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) was a French architect who designed the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and became supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, including the Louvre. Several ''hôtel ...
) is opened to traffic (completed in July 1606; royal inauguration in 1607).
* 1605
** In Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, the Old Arsenal, designed by Anthony van Obberghen, Jan Strakowski and Abraham van den Blocke, is completed.
** In Padua ( Veneto), renovation is finished on the Palazzo del Capitanio palace arch and Torre dell'Orologio clock tower (expanded 1599–1605).
** In Rome, building is begun on 
Santa Maria della Vittoria Santa Maria della Vittoria (''St Mary of the Victory'') is the name of several churches in Italy:
*The Basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
*Santa Maria della Vittoria, Mantua
*Santa Maria della Vittoria, Scurcola Marsicana
*Nuragic sanctua ...
(as San Paolo), designed by Carlo Maderno.
** In England, the Red Hall at Bourne, Lincolnshire, is built.
** In India, the Jahangir Mahal, Orchha, is built.
* 1607
** January 19 – San Agustin Church (Manila), designed by Juan Macías, is completed.
* 1608
** In England, The Great Hall, the first part of the mansion house of Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, is constructed.
** In Korea, 
Jongmyo Jongmyo may refer to:
* Jongmyo (shrine), a kind of shrine in the East Asian cultural sphere
* Jongmyo (Seoul)
Jongmyo (Hangul: 종묘; Hanja: 宗廟) is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the perpetuation of memorial services for the deceased ki ...
is reconstructed.
* 1609 – Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Goa.
Births
* 1606 ** Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (died1689
Events
January–March
* January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated th ...
)
** Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680
Events
January–March
* January 2 – King Amangkurat II of Mataram (located on the island of Java, part of modern-day Indonesia), invites Trunajaya, who had led a failed rebellion against him until his surrender on December ...
)
Deaths
* 1604 –Giacomo del Duca
Giacomo Del Duca (c. 1520 – 1604) was an Italian sculptor and architect during the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. He is most remembered for assisting Michelangelo in a number of projects in Rome, including the sculpture and construction ...
, Italian sculptor and architect (born c. 1520)
* 1607: July 24 – Alessandro Pieroni
Alessandro Pieroni (18 April 1550 in Impruneta – 24 July 1607 in Livorno) was an Italian architect and painter. He was active mainly in a Mannerist style, working for the courts of Grandukes Francesco I and Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke ...
, Italian mannerist painter and architect (born 1550
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Events
January–June
* January 6 – Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Vall ...
)
* 1607 or 1609 – Vittorio Cassar
Vittorio Cassar ( mt, Vitor Cassar, 1550 – 1609), born Gio Vittorio Cassar, was a Maltese architect and military engineer. The son of the renowned architect Girolamo Cassar, he was admitted as a knight within the Order of St. John in 1587. H ...
, Maltese architect (born c. 1550)
* 1608: June 25 or 26 – Bernardo Buontalenti, Florentine mannerist architect, stage designer, military engineer and artist (born c. 1531
Year 1531 ( MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 26 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake, in which thousands die.
* Fe ...
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