1460s in architecture
overview of the events of the 1460s in architecture
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.
1464 – Neemrana fort in India is begun.
1466 – Ockwells Manor in Berkshire, England, is completed.
1466–67 – Neubrügg covered wooden bridge over the Aare between Bern and Kirchlindach is erected.
1467 – Wongaksa Pagoda, Seoul, Korea, is built.
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