6th century BC in architecture

Buildings

Dates approximate

• 575 – Ishtar Gate in Babylon constructed.
• 530 – Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum established
• 520 – Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, begun (completed 132 CE).
• 515 – Construction of Persepolis, capital of the Achaemenid Empire, begins.
• 500:
• Temple of Athena (Paestum) in Campania constructed.
• The Magadha imperial capital of Pataliputra (modern day Patna) in the Indian subcontinent is begun with construction of a small fort (Pāṭaligrama) near the Ganges.

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