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Buildings and structures

Buildings

thumb|[[Château de Chenonceau in the French Loire Valley]]

  • c. 1520
  • Lupton's Range (third side of the Eton School Yard), with Lupton's Tower, designed by architect Henry Redman, completed at Eton College in England.
  • Metz Cathedral in the Duchy of Lorraine completed by construction of south transept.
  • Rebuilding of San Giacomo Scossacavalli in Rome begun by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (completed 1592).
  • 1521
  • Château de Chenonceau built in the French Loire Valley.
  • Rebuilding of Hampton Court Palace near London completed by Cardinal Wolsey.
  • 1522 &ndash; Vilnius City wall completed, including the Gate of Dawn.
  • 1523 &ndash; Completion of Saint-Jacques Tower, Paris.
  • 1525
  • Laurentian Library in Florence designed by Michelangelo.
  • Rebuilding of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham, England, probably to the design of John Wastell (died 1515), completed.
  • Rebuilding of Segovia Cathedral begun by Juan Gil de Hontañón.
  • Palazzo del Te, Mantua, begun by Giulio Romano.

thumb|[[St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]]

  • 1527 &ndash; Kabuli Bagh Mosque in Panipat, Mughal Empire, built.
  • 1528
  • St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England completed.
  • Zhaosi Hall, Wuxi, China completed.

Events

  • Jacopo Sansovino is appointed chief architect and superintendent of properties (Protomaestro or Proto) to the Procurators of San Marco in Venice.

Births

  • c.1520 – Girolamo Cassar, Maltese architect and engineer (d. c. 1589–92)
  • 1521: April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1570)
  • 1527 – Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch architect and engineer (d. c. 1607)

Deaths

  • 1520: April 6 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)

References