1546 In 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. Buildings and structures Buildings * 1540 ** Kamran's Baradari in Lahore completed ** Approximate date of completion of some of the Device Forts on the coast of England: Calshot Castle, Calshot, Deal Castle, Deal, Sandgate Castle, Sandgate, Sandown Castle, Kent, 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 ...
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