1530s in architecture
Buildings and structures Buildings 1531 – Kõpu Lighthouse on Hiiumaa begins operation. 1532–1536 Rood screen in King's College Chapel, Cambridge in England is erected. Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassare Peruzzi, is built. c. 1532–1537 – Palazzo Massimo di Pirro in Rome, designed by Giovanni Mangone, is built. 1532 Church of the Ascension (the "White Column") at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, is built. Church of the Royal Monastery of Brou in France (begun 1506) is completed. 1533 – Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico. 1534 – Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed after 259 years of work. c. 1535–1537 – Casa Aliaga in Lima (Ciudad de los Reyes), Peru, is built. 1535 – After 258 years of work since 1277, St Alphege Church in Solihull, England, is completed. 1537 – Work begins on the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, designed by Jacopo Sansovino. 1538 – Work begins on Nonsuch Palace in Surrey, England. The Piazza del Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, designed by Michelangelo. Pope Paul III moves the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius to the Capitoline Hill. Adding bastions to the city walls of Nuremberg, to the design of Maltese military engineer Antonio Falzon.