1500s in architecture
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1490s . 1500s in architecture . 1510s |
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Buildings
- About 1500 - Chateau de Blois largely rebuilt.
- 1500 - St. Anne's Church, Vilnius is completed.
- 1501
- Expansion of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh.
- Chichester Cross is built in Chichester, England.
- Construction of the Jerónimos Monastery at Belém (Lisbon) in Portugal begins; it will take 100 years to complete.
- Construction of spire of St James' Church, Louth, Lincolnshire, England begins; it will take until c.1515 to complete.
- 1501/2 - Construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa in the Duchy of Braganza (Portugal) begins.
- 1502
- Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, designed by Donato Bramante, is built.
- Construction of St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, begun in 1379 by Heinrich Ungeradin, is completed with the installation of vaulting by Heinrich Haetzl.
- Vladislav Hall in Prague Castle, designed by Benedikt Rejt, is completed.
- Expansion of Great Malvern Priory in England is completed.
- 1504 - Matsumoto Castle in Japan built.
- 1505 - Archangel Cathedral in Moscow begun.
- 1506 - Construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to the design of Bramante begins.
- 1507
- Seville Cathedral consecrated.
- Rebuilding of Wawel Castle in Kraków begins.
- 1508 - Church of San Rocco, Venice, designed by Bartolomeo Bon, begun in 1489, is completed.
- 1509 - Palazzo Loredan on the Grand Canal (Venice), begun by Mauro Codussi in 1481, is completed.
Events
- 1503 - Pope Julius II becomes Pope. He would later be patron to Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Births
- October 1, 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (died 1573)
- November 30, 1508 - Andrea Palladio (died 1580)
Deaths
- 1502 - Francesco di Giorgio (born 1439)