1540s in architecture
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Events
- 1545 - Part of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice collapses, causing the architect, Jacopo Sansovino, to be imprisoned briefly.
- 1546 - Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
- 1549 - The spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England is blown down.[1]
Buildings
- 1541–1544 - Old Hall of Berkhamsted School in England built.
- 1542 - Andrea Palladio completes his first commission at Villa Godi, first of his Palladian villas of Veneto; the neighbouring Villa Piovene is completed at about the same time
- 1543 - Lighthouse of Genoa completed in present form
- 1544 - King's College Chapel, Cambridge completed
- 1547 - Construction of the Château de Chambord ceases on the death of Francis I of France
Births
- 1548: September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
Deaths
- 1546
- August 3 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born 1484)
- November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (born c. 1449)