HWHArc14

  • Jan 30, 1402

    Seville Cathedral built

    Seville Cathedral built
    Andalusia, Spain; Largest Gothic cathedral in Europe
  • Jan 30, 1403

    Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum built

    Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum built
    Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Tomb of Mongol conqueror Tamerlane
  • Feb 14, 1404

    Leon Battista Alberti born

    Leon Battista Alberti born
    Genoa, Italy; one of the most important architects of the Renaissance
  • Jan 30, 1405

    Mausolem of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

    Mausolem of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Turkestan, Kazakhstan; Tomb of famous Turkic poet
  • Jan 30, 1407

    Swalcliffe Tithe Barn completed

    Swalcliffe Tithe Barn completed
    Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England; used for storing rents and tithes
  • Jan 30, 1409

    Upper Castle built

    Upper Castle built
    Vilnius, Lithuania; consisted of three castles
  • Jan 30, 1409

    Trakai Island Castle built

    Trakai Island Castle built
    Trakai, Lithuania; held great strategic importance
  • Jan 30, 1410

    Orloj (the clock) built

    Orloj (the clock) built
    Prague, Czech Republic; 3rd oldest astronomical clock in the world; oldest astronomical clock still in operation today
  • Jan 30, 1410

    Kościan city hall built

    Kościan city hall built
    In Poland
  • Jan 30, 1411

    Guildhall Great Hall built

    Guildhall Great Hall built
    London, England; headquarters of London's city government
  • Feb 3, 1424

    Ospedale Degli Innocenti built

    Ospedale Degli Innocenti built
    Florence, Italy; originally a children's orphanage/hospital
  • Feb 3, 1434

    Church of San Spirito built

    Church of San Spirito built
    Florence, Italy
  • Jan 30, 1436

    Il Duomo (Cathedral of Florence) completed

    Il Duomo (Cathedral of Florence) completed
    In Florence; was begun in 1296, but finished with Brunelleschi's cathedral dome in 1496
  • Feb 2, 1439

    Strasbourg Cathedral built

    Strasbourg Cathedral built
    Strasbourg, Alsace, France; Contains the finest example of a Gothic arch
  • Feb 2, 1440

    Tower of Tattershall Castle built

    Tower of Tattershall Castle built
    Lincolnshire, England; Made of brick (unusual material)
  • Feb 2, 1452

    Hospices de Beaune built

    Hospices de Beaune built
    Beaune, France; Charitable alms house
  • Jan 30, 1458

    Palazzo Pitti (the Pitti Palace) built

    Palazzo Pitti (the Pitti Palace) built
    Florence, Italy; Bought by the Medici family
  • Feb 2, 1471

    Provand's Lordship built

    Provand's Lordship built
    In Scotland; Part of Saint Nick's hospital
  • Jan 30, 1472

    Church of Sant'Andrea built

    Church of Sant'Andrea built
    Mantua, Italy; by Leon Battista Alberti
  • Feb 2, 1481

    Grand Canal built

    Grand Canal built
    Venice, Italy
  • Feb 3, 1483

    Chancellery Palace built

    Chancellery Palace built
    Rome, Italy; thought to be the earliest Renaissance palace in Rome; houses the Papal Chancellery
  • Feb 2, 1490

    Saint Edmund's Church built

    Saint Edmund's Church built
    South Wold, England; Lies under one continuous roof
  • Feb 2, 1490

    Bara Gumbad Monument built

    Bara Gumbad Monument built
    Delhi, India; to commemorate a ruler
  • Feb 2, 1490

    Saint Valentin Cathedral built

    Saint Valentin Cathedral built
    In Germany; contains the world's oldest playable organs
  • Feb 2, 1497

    Holy Trinity Church built

    Holy Trinity Church built
    Long Melford, England