1540s in architecture

1540s in architecture

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Events

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

Buildings

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

Births

* September 2 1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi (died 1616)

Deaths

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


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