1540s in architecture

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1530s . 1540s in architecture . 1550s

other events: 1540s . Architecture timeline

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Births 3 Deaths

• 1546 - Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

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• 1542 - Andrea Palladio completes his first commission at Villa Godi
• 1544 - King's College Chapel, Cambridge completed

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• September 2, 1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi (died 1616)

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• August 3, 1546 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (born 1484)
• November 1, 1546 - Giulio Romano (born c1449)