page_title: 6th century in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 6th century in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The apse. Français&#160;: Basilique Saint-Vital, Ravenne, Émilie-Romagne, Italie. L'abside.
context_page_description: See also: 5th century in architecture, 7th century in architecture, and the timeline of architecture.
context_section_description: 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.
  527 to 536 – Construction of the 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 Byzantines.
  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 – Daxing (大兴城) founded in China by Emperor Wen of Sui.
  593 – Gangō-ji (元興寺) temple first built in Asuka, Japan (later moved to Nara).
caption: Presbytery, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna.
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