Editing 1440s in architecture

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[[File:Llotja palma.jpg|thumb|Palma's Silk Exchange]]
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==Events==
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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, Lüneburg]], 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 – 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 – 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>
* 1446–1450 – Reconstruction of choir of [[Mont Saint Michel Abbey]] in Normandy is begun.
* c. 1447 – Llotja dels Mercaders (Silk Exchange) in [[Palma, Majorca]], designed by [[Guillem Sagrera]], completed.

==Births==
* c. 1440 – [[Reginald Bray]] born in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], England (d. [[1503 in architecture|1503]])
* c. 1443 – [[Giuliano da Sangallo]] born in [[Florence]] (d. [[1516 in architecture|1516]])
* c. 1444 – [[Donato Bramante]] born in Monte Asdrualdo (modern-day [[Fermignano]]), Italy  (d. [[1514 in architecture|1514]])

==Deaths==
* 1446: April 16 – [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] dies in Florence (b. [[1377 in architecture|1377]])

==References==
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