1490s in architecture
overview of the events of the 1490s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
St Edmund's Church, Southwold in England is completed.
Church of St. Valentin, Kiedrich in Hesse (Germany) is completed.
1490
Bara Gumbad in Delhi is built.
Probable completion of rebuilding of Sherborne Abbey choir, England, with a Perpendicular style fan vault by William Smyth.
All Saints' Church, Wittenberg (Schloßkirche), designed by Conrad Pflüger, begun.
Former Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople destroyed by a lightning strike.
1493 – Tomb of Bibi Jawindi at Uch in the Punjab region is built.
1495 – Monastery of Jesus of Setúbal in Portugal, designed by Diogo de Boitaca, is completed.
1497 – Rebuilding of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford in England is completed.
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