1460s in architecture

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Buildings and structures[]

Buildings[]

• 1460
  • Palazzo Medici in Florence, designed by Michelozzo, is completed.
  • Porto Magna in Venetian Arsenal, perhaps built by Antonio Gambello from a design by Jacopo Bellini is constructed, the first neoclassical building in Venice.
• 1462 – Reconstruction of Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua in Lombardy by Leon Battista Alberti begins.
• c. 1463 – Dardanelles fortresses of Kilitbahir Castle and Kale-i Sultaniye are built.
• 1463–67 – Fatih Mosque, Istanbul, designed by Atik Sinan, is constructed.

The Venetian Arsenal

• 1464 – Neemrana fort in India is begun.
• 1466 – Ockwells Manor in Berkshire, England, is completed.^[1]
• 1466–67 – Neubrügg covered wooden bridge over the Aare between Bern and Kirchlindach is erected.
• 1467 – Wongaksa Pagoda, Seoul, Korea, is built.
• 1468
  • Rebuilding of the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, begun by Luciano Laurana.
  • Building of Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, Italy, begun by Giuliano da Maiano.^[2]
• 1469 – Kasımiye Medrese in Mardin, Turkey, begun before 1407, is completed.

Events[]

• 1461: November 26 – 1461 L'Aquila earthquake in Italy; dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapses for the first time.
• c.1464 – Filarete completes his Libro architettonico, a treatise on architecture and the ideal city of Sforzinda.

Births[]

• c.1460
  • Benedetto Briosco, Italian sculptor and architect active in Lombardy (died 1514)
  • Marco Palmezzano, Italian painter and architect (died 1539)
  • Cristoforo Solari, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1527)
  • John Wastell, English architect and master mason (died 1518)
  • Bernardo Zenale, Italian painter and architect (died 1526)

Deaths[]

• 1464 – Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect (born 1409)
• 1466: December 13 – Donatello, Florentine sculptor (born 1386)
• c.1469 – Filarete, Florentine architect (born c.1400)

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