1460s in architecture
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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 â Reconstruction of Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua in Lombardy by Leon Battista Alberti begins.
- c. 1463 â Dardanelles fortresses of Kilitbahir Castle and Kale-i Sultaniye are built.
- 1463â67 â Fatih Mosque, Istanbul, designed by Atik Sinan, is constructed.

- 1464 â Neemrana fort in India is begun.
- 1466 â Ockwells Manor in Berkshire, England, is completed.[1]
- 1466â67 â Neubrügg covered wooden bridge over the Aare between Bern and Kirchlindach is erected.
- 1467 â Wongaksa Pagoda, Seoul, Korea, is built.
- 1468
- Rebuilding of the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, begun by Luciano Laurana.
- Building of Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, Italy, begun by Giuliano da Maiano.[2]
- 1469 â Kasımiye Medrese in Mardin, Turkey, begun before 1407, is completed.
Events
- 1461: November 26 â 1461 L'Aquila earthquake in Italy; dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapses for the first time.
- c.1464 â Filarete completes his Libro architettonico, a treatise on architecture and the ideal city of Sforzinda.
Births
- c.1460
- Benedetto Briosco, Italian sculptor and architect active in Lombardy (died 1514)
- Marco Palmezzano, Italian painter and architect (died 1539)
- Cristoforo Solari, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1527)
- John Wastell, English architect and master mason (died 1518)
- Bernardo Zenale, Italian painter and architect (died 1526)