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1460s in architecture
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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li>1460 <ul><li><a href="/facts/Palazzo_Medici_Riccardi/jULhFFux">Palazzo Medici</a> in <a href="/facts/Florence/Mx0uhNma">Florence</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Michelozzo/CLMe7wcu">Michelozzo</a>, is completed.</li> <li>Porto Magna in <a href="/facts/Venetian_Arsenal/kYcYQqAq">Venetian Arsenal</a>, perhaps built by Antonio Gambello from a design by <a href="/facts/Jacopo_Bellini/jJM4h1Vg">Jacopo Bellini</a> is constructed, the first <a href="/facts/Neoclassicism/uWYVqQMj">neoclassical</a> building in <a href="/facts/Venice/Xzc2uVDg">Venice</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>1462 – Reconstruction of <a href="/facts/Basilica_of_Sant%27Andrea,_Mantua/ReS8Ittq">Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua</a> in <a href="/facts/Lombardy/2p62Pxuc">Lombardy</a> by <a href="/facts/Leon_Battista_Alberti/CykJ6jJQ">Leon Battista Alberti</a> begins.</li> <li>c. 1463 – <a href="/facts/Dardanelles/rxUhLwvj">Dardanelles</a> fortresses of <a href="/facts/Kilitbahir_Castle/yDMogNzw">Kilitbahir Castle</a> and <a href="/facts/Kale-i_Sultaniye/1L81QEcu">Kale-i Sultaniye</a> are built.</li> <li>1463–67 – <a href="/facts/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul/xdgfpY4e">Fatih Mosque, Istanbul</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Atik_Sinan/0KJvGsrP">Atik Sinan</a>, is constructed.</li></ul> <ul><li>1464 – <a href="/facts/Neemrana/HtSRc0jY">Neemrana fort</a> in India is begun.</li> <li>1466 – <a href="/facts/Ockwells/0DwbJY62">Ockwells</a> Manor in <a href="/facts/Berkshire/jpDjJrl6">Berkshire</a>, England, is completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>1466–67 – <a href="/facts/Neubr%C3%BCgg/7sWjvznx">Neubrügg</a> <a href="/facts/Covered_bridge/gPUNIoqW">covered</a> <a href="/facts/Wooden_bridge/qfnTTdMI">wooden bridge</a> over the <a href="/facts/Aare/KyylcgLC">Aare</a> between <a href="/facts/Bern/weUyCRsh">Bern</a> and <a href="/facts/Kirchlindach/EKd9gna9">Kirchlindach</a> is erected.</li> <li>1467 – <a href="/facts/Wongaksa_Pagoda/snU0W6Px">Wongaksa Pagoda</a>, <a href="/facts/Seoul/H0Xloz9o">Seoul</a>, Korea, is built.</li> <li>1468 <ul><li>Rebuilding of the <a href="/facts/Palazzo_Ducale,_Urbino/KUT8DnVT">Palazzo Ducale, Urbino</a>, begun by <a href="/facts/Luciano_Laurana/8khvfCkt">Luciano Laurana</a>.</li> <li>Building of <a href="/facts/Basilica_della_Santa_Casa/hYRQJhuT">Basilica della Santa Casa</a>, <a href="/facts/Loreto,_Marche/Styr5nIQ">Loreto, Italy</a>, begun by <a href="/facts/Giuliano_da_Maiano/7JrhAhW9">Giuliano da Maiano</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>1469 – <a href="/facts/Kas%C4%B1miye_Medrese/bFEzvuxo">Kasımiye Medrese</a> in <a href="/facts/Mardin/Td8jSDpx">Mardin</a>, Turkey, begun before 1407, is completed.</li></ul> <h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>1461: November 26 – <a href="/facts/1461_L%27Aquila_earthquake/dKHLK2bR">1461 L'Aquila earthquake</a> in Italy; dome of <a href="/facts/Santa_Maria_di_Collemaggio/6nhK1Xvb">Santa Maria di Collemaggio</a> collapses for the first time.</li> <li>c.1464 – <a href="/facts/Filarete/pfo7Xy2t">Filarete</a> completes his <i>Libro architettonico</i>, a treatise on architecture and the ideal city of Sforzinda.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>c.1460 <ul><li><a href="/facts/Benedetto_Briosco/PTEggu0M">Benedetto Briosco</a>, Italian sculptor and architect active in <a href="/facts/Lombardy/2p62Pxuc">Lombardy</a> (died <a href="/facts/1514_in_architecture/o4YF28VN">1514</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marco_Palmezzano/UWnD5Gg4">Marco Palmezzano</a>, Italian painter and architect (died <a href="/facts/1539_in_architecture/nE8TBtwL">1539</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cristoforo_Solari/2wm2q7eC">Cristoforo Solari</a>, Italian sculptor and architect (died <a href="/facts/1527_in_architecture/pfuRL3PM">1527</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Wastell/Ywa76YeS">John Wastell</a>, English architect and master mason (died <a href="/facts/1518_in_architecture/o4YF28VN">1518</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernardo_Zenale/6J0bEqtR">Bernardo Zenale</a>, Italian painter and architect (died <a href="/facts/1526_in_architecture/pfuRL3PM">1526</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>1464 – <a href="/facts/Bernardo_Rossellino/jPpsXsoN">Bernardo Rossellino</a>, Florentine sculptor and architect (born <a href="/facts/1409_in_architecture/HcjgbhQB">1409</a>)</li> <li>1466: December 13 – <a href="/facts/Donatello/n21fqmkR">Donatello</a>, Florentine sculptor (born <a href="/facts/1386_in_architecture/a4mLU4Rm">1386</a>)</li> <li>c.1469 – <a href="/facts/Filarete/pfo7Xy2t">Filarete</a>, Florentine architect (born c.<a href="/facts/1400_in_architecture/HcjgbhQB">1400</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ford, David Nash (2002). "Ockwells Manor". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 2015-05-07. <a href="http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/ockwells_manor.html" target="_blank">http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/ockwells_manor.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Winters, Edward (2017). Dealing with the Visual: Art History, Aesthetics and Visual Culture. Routledge. ISBN 9781351160223. Retrieved 2020-04-10. <a href="9781351160223" target="_blank">9781351160223</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>