Overview of the events of the 1470s in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1470 – Church and lighthouse tower, Westkapelle, Walcheren, completed
- 1471 – Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland, built.
- 1472–1474 – The Ordos Wall, first substantial section of the Ming Great Wall of China, built
- 1473 – Work on Cologne Cathedral west front and towers suspended until 19th century
- 1474 – Nave vault of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, completed
- 1475–1479 – Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, designed by Aristotele Fioravanti, built
- 1479 – Munich Frauenkirche completed by Jörg von Halsbach
Births
- 1475: March 6 – Michelangelo, born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni in Caprese, Tuscany, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer (died 1564)
- 1475: September 6 – Sebastiano Serlio born in Bologna, Italian Mannerist architect and theoretician working in France (died c. 1554)
Deaths
- 1472: April 25 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian architect and polymath (born 1404)
- 1472? – Michelozzo, Florentine architect and sculptor (born c. 1396)
References
- J. A. (1907-11-23). "Provand's Lordship, Glasgow". Notes and Queries. s10-VIII (204): 406–407. doi:10.1093/nq/s10-viii.204.406e. ISSN 1471-6941.
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