Overview of the events of the 1440s in architecture
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Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1440s
- Great Tower of Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, England, is probably largely completed.
- Wilcote Chapel of St Mary's Church, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, is built.
- 1440
- Guildhall, London, is completed.
- Sidi Yahya Mosque in Timbuktu is completed.
- St. Nicolai, Lüneburg, is completed.
- 1441
- The nave of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg, Germany (begun in 1410), is completed.
- Construction of Herstmonceux Castle in England is begun.
- 1442
- The Porta della Carta, built by Giovanni and his son Bartolomeo Bon, completes the Doge's Palace, Venice.
- Chapel of All Souls College, Oxford, consecrated.
- 1443 – The Castle of Zafra is completed.
- 1445
- Church of San Pablo, Valladolid is begun.
- Palazzo Medici in Florence is begun by Michelozzo.
- 1446
- July 25 – The foundation stone of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England is laid by King Henry VI of England.
- Precious Belt Bridge in China reconstructed.
- Approximate date
- Jama Masjid of Herat in Afghanistan is completed
- Construction of Palazzo Rucellai in Florence, probably designed by Leon Battista Alberti and executed, at least in part, by Bernardo Rossellino, is begun.
- Construction of Ockwells Manor in Berkshire, England, is begun.
- 1446–1450 – Reconstruction of choir of Mont Saint Michel Abbey in Normandy is begun.
- c. 1447 – Llotja dels Mercaders (Silk Exchange) in Palma, Majorca, designed by Guillem Sagrera, completed.
Births
- c. 1440 – Reginald Bray born in Worcester, England (d. 1503)
- c. 1443 – Giuliano da Sangallo born in Florence (d. 1516)
- c. 1444 – Donato Bramante born in Monte Asdrualdo (modern-day Fermignano), Italy (d. 1514)
Deaths
- 1446: April 16 – Filippo Brunelleschi dies in Florence (b. 1377)
References
- Warburg, Aby (1932). "Die Baubeginn des Palazzo Medici". Gesamelte Schriften. Vol. I. Leipzig; Berlin. p. 165.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ford, David Nash (2002). "Ockwells Manor". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 2015-05-07.