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1603 | Carlo Maderno's influential façade for the Church of Santa Susanna is completed at Rome. |
1606 | Work begins on the façade of St. Peter's Basilica at Rome along designs completed by Carlo Maderno. |
1622 | Inigo Jones's Banqueting House is finished in Whitehall, London. The severe Palladianism of the building will continue to influence London's Baroque architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. |
1631 | Construction begins at Venice on the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena. |
1635 | Work commences on François Mansart's designs for the Orléans Wing at the Château of Blois in France. |
1638 | Francesco Borromini designs his innovative Church of San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane, or St. Charles of the Four Fountains. |
1640 | Inigo Jones's recently completed Queens House at Greenwich sets a new standard for classical architecture in England. |
1642 | Work begins on the Church... |
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