1530s in architecture

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Buildings

• 1533 - Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.
• 1534 - After 259 years of work, Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed.
• 1537 - Work begins on the Library of San Marco in Venice, designed by Jacopo Sansovino.
• 1538 - Work begins on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), designed by Michelangelo.

Events

• 1537 - Sebastiano Serlio publishes the first volume of his architectural treatise, Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva, in Venice, putting the classical orders into canonical form.

Births

• 1530 - Juan de Herrera (died 1593)
• 1535 - Robert Smythson born in England.

Deaths