1540s in architecture
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| 1530s 1530s in architecture -Buildings:* 1531 - Kõpu Lighthouse on Hiiumaa begins operation.* 1533 - Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.* 1534 - After 259 years of work, Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed.... . 1540s in architecture . 1550s 1550s in architecture -Buildings:* 1550–1554 - Construction of the Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome.... |
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Events
- 1546 - Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's BasilicaSt. Peter's BasilicaThe Papal Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian as ' and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world...
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Buildings
- 1542 - Andrea PalladioAndrea PalladioAndrea Palladio was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture...
completes his first commission at Villa GodiVilla GodiVilla Godi is a patrician villa in Lugo di Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It was one of the first projects by Andrea Palladio, as attested in his monograph I quattro libri dell'architettura... - 1543 - Lighthouse of Genoa completed in present form
- 1544 - King's College Chapel, CambridgeKing's College Chapel, CambridgeKing's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College of the University of Cambridge, and is one of the finest examples of late Gothic English architecture, while its early Renaissance rood screen separating the nave and chancel, erected in 1532-36 in a striking contrast of style, has been called...
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Deaths
- August 3, 1546 - Antonio da Sangallo the YoungerAntonio da Sangallo the Youngerthumb|250px|The church of Santa Maria di Loreto near the [[Trajan's Market]] in [[Rome]], considered Sangallo's masterwork.thumb|250px|View of St. Patrick's Well in [[Orvieto]]....
(born 1484) - November 1, 1546 - Giulio RomanoGiulio RomanoGiulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...
(born c1449)