1530s in architecture
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[edit] Buildings
- 1531 - Kõpu Lighthouse on Hiiumaa begins operation.
- 1533 - Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.
- 1534 - After 259 years of work, Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed.
- 1535 - After 258 years of work (1277-1535), St Alphege Church in Solihull, England, is completed.
- 1537 - Work begins on the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, designed by Jacopo Sansovino.
- 1538 - Work begins on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), designed by Michelangelo. Pope Paul III moves Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius to the Capitoline Hill.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
- 1530 - Juan de Herrera (died 1593)
- 1535 - Robert Smythson born in England.