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{{short description|none}} ==Events== * 550s – [[Procopius]] writes ''The Buildings of Justinian'' ({{langx|grc|Περὶ Κτισμάτων}} ''Perì Ktismáton'', {{langx|la|De Aedificiis}}, "On Buildings"). ==Buildings and structures== ===Buildings=== [[File:Emilia Ravenna5 tango7174.jpg|thumb|[[Presbytery (architecture)|Presbytery]], [[Basilica of San Vitale]], [[Ravenna]].]] * About 500 – [[Arian Baptistry]] and [[Archbishop's Chapel, Ravenna]] completed. * 504 – [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo]], [[Ravenna]] dedicated to Christ the Redeemer (completed about 520). * 520 – [[St. Nicholas Church, Demre]], Anatolia, built. * 520s – [[Mausoleum of Theodoric]], [[Ravenna]] completed. * 523 – [[Songyue Pagoda]] of China completed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yetts |first=W. Perceval |date=February 1927 |title=A Chinese Treatise on Architecture |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x00102915 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=473–492 |doi=10.1017/s0041977x00102915 |s2cid=194105264 |issn=0041-977X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * 527 to 536 – Construction of the [[Little Hagia Sophia|Church of Saints Sergios and Bacchos]] in [[Constantinople]]. * 527 to 548 – Construction of the [[Basilica of San Vitale]], [[Ravenna]], begun under the [[Ostrogoths]] and finished by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]s. * 532 to 537 – [[Hagia Sophia]] in [[Constantinople]] built by [[Isidore of Miletus]] and [[Anthemius of Tralles]]. * After 540 – Construction of [[Taq-i Kisra]] ([[iwan]]) at [[Ctesiphon]] in the [[Sasanian Empire]] begins. * 549 – [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe]] near [[Ravenna]] consecrated. * 550 – Rebuilt [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in [[Constantinople]], built by [[Anthemius of Tralles]] and [[Isidore of Miletus]], dedicated. * About 560 – First [[Nantes Cathedral]] constructed. * 569 – [[Hwangnyongsa]] temple completed in [[Gyeongju]], [[Silla]]. * About 570 – [[Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse]] constructed. * 582 – [[Chang'an#Sui and Tang periods|Daxing (大兴城)]] founded in [[History of China|China]] by [[Emperor Wen of Sui]]. * 593 – [[Gangō-ji|Gangō-ji (元興寺)]] temple first built in [[Asuka, Yamato|Asuka]], [[Asuka period|Japan]] (later moved to [[Nara, Nara|Nara]]). ==See also== *[[5th century in architecture]] *[[7th century in architecture]] *[[Timeline of architecture]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:6th Century In Architecture}} [[Category:6th-century architecture|*]] [[Category:6th century in the arts|Architecture]]
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