1540s in architecture

none March 2015 1540 architecture __TOC__ 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.1549 http://www.lincolncathedral.com/xhtml/default.asp?UserLinkID=235 Lincoln Cathedral 2010-10-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110713211642/https://www.lincolncathedral.com/xhtml/default.asp?UserLinkID=235 2011-07-13 Buildings and structures Buildings thumb|Villa Piovene in Lonedo di Lugo, northern Italy 1540 Kamran's Baradari in Lahore completed Approximate date of completion of some of the Device Forts on the coast of England: Calshot, Deal, Sandgate, Sandown and Walmer Castles Approximate date of the construction of Santa Cecilia Chapel in Għajnsielem, Gozo, Malta c. 1541 Portland Castle on the Isle of Portland, England, completed Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque in the Purana Qila in Delhi completed 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 Church of Saint Lucius, designed by Tommaso Rodari in the style of Bramante, is completed at its original location in Lugano, Switzerland Approximate date of completion of more of the Device Forts on the coast of England: Pendennis and St Mawes Castles in Cornwall, East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight and Sandsfoot Castle at Weymouth, Dorset thumb|Château de Chambord 1543 – Lighthouse of Genoa completed in surviving form 1543–1548 – Mimar Sinan builds his first significant architectural commission, Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul. 1544 – King's College Chapel, Cambridge completed 1544–1549 – Xuanfu–Datong section of Ming Great Wall of China constructed c. 1546 – Loggetta del Sansovino of St Mark's Campanile in Piazza San Marco, Venice, designed by Jacopo Sansovino, is completed 1547 Construction of the Château de Chambord ceases on the death of Francis I of France Yarmouth Castle on the Isle of Wight is completed 1548–1549 – Villa Pojana, one of the Palladian villas of Veneto, is built. Births c.1540 – Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, Ottoman architect (died 1617) 1548: September 2 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) Deaths 1543: June 25 – Giovanni Mangone, Italian sculptor, architect, military engineer and antiquarian 1546 August 3 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born 1484) November 1 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (born c. 1449) References * Architecture