1520s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 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 – Vilnius City wall completed, including the Gate of Dawn.
• 1523 – 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.

• 1527 – 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)^[1]
• 1527 – Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch architect and engineer (d. c. 1607)

Deaths

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

References