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==Buildings and structures== ===Buildings=== * 1440s ** Great Tower of [[Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire]], England, is probably largely completed. ** Wilcote Chapel of [[St Mary's Church, North Leigh]], Oxfordshire, England, is built. * 1440 ** [[Guildhall, London]], is completed. ** [[Sidi Yahya Mosque]] in [[Timbuktu]] is completed. ** [[St. Nicolai, LΓΌneburg]], is completed. * 1441 ** The nave of the [[Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg]], [[Germany]] (begun in [[1410 in architecture|1410]]), is completed. ** Construction of [[Herstmonceux Castle]] in England is begun. * 1442 ** The Porta della Carta, built by Giovanni and his son [[Bartolomeo Bon]], completes the [[Doge's Palace, Venice]]. ** Chapel of [[All Souls College, Oxford]], consecrated. [[File:Castillo de Zafra.jpg|thumb|[[Castle of Zafra (Badajoz)]]]] * 1443 β The [[Castle of Zafra (Badajoz)|Castle of Zafra]] is completed. * 1445 ** [[Church of San Pablo, Valladolid]] is begun. ** [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi|Palazzo Medici]] in [[Florence]] is begun by [[Michelozzo]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Aby|last=Warburg|authorlink=Aby Warburg|chapter=Die Baubeginn des Palazzo Medici|title=Gesamelte Schriften|location=Leipzig; Berlin|year=1932|volume=I|page=165}}</ref> * 1446 ** July 25 β The foundation stone of [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]], England is laid by King [[Henry VI of England]]. ** [[Precious Belt Bridge]] in China reconstructed. ** Approximate date *** [[Jama Masjid of Herat]] in Afghanistan is completed *** Construction of [[Palazzo Rucellai]] in Florence, probably designed by [[Leon Battista Alberti]] and executed, at least in part, by [[Bernardo Rossellino]], is begun. *** Construction of [[Ockwells]] Manor in [[Berkshire]], England, is begun.<ref>{{cite web|first=David Nash|last=Ford|work=Royal Berkshire History|title=Ockwells Manor|url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/ockwells_manor.html|year=2002|accessdate=2015-05-07}}</ref> * 1446β1450 β Reconstruction of choir of [[Mont Saint Michel Abbey]] in Normandy is begun. * c. 1447 β Llotja dels Mercaders (Silk Exchange) in [[Palma, Majorca]], designed by [[Guillem Sagrera]], completed.
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