6th century BC in architecture

Buildings

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