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- 1560
- Palladian villas of the Veneto: Villa Foscari is completed and Villa Barbaro is probably begun.
- Wat Xieng Thong Buddhist temple at Luang Prabang in the kingdom of Lan Xang (modern-day Laos) is completed.
- Construction of the Uffizi in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari, begins.
- Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
- Reconstruction of Poznań Town Hall in Poland by Giovanni Battista di Quadro is completed.
- 1561
- Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, designed by Postnik Yakovlev, is completed.
- The Tian Yi Ge library in Ningbo (Ming dynasty China) is established.
- 1562–64
- Façade of the church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice, designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
- Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, designed by Michelangelo, is adapted from the Baths of Diocletian.
- 1562–67 – Church of San Pedro and San Pablo, Zacatlán, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, is built.
- 1562 – Dome of Basilica of Our Lady of Humility, Pistoia, Tuscany, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
- 1563
- Villa Badoer, one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto designed by Andrea Palladio in 1556, is completed.
- Construction of El Escorial palace in Spain, designed by Juan de Herrera, begins (completed 1584).
- Construction of Charlton Park House in England by Henry Knyvet for himself begins (completed 1607).
- 1564
- Vasari Corridor in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
- Somersal Herbert Hall near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, is built.
- 1565–66
- Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice is designed by Palladio and construction begins.
- Temple of Haw Phra Kaew in Vientiane, Laos, is built.
- 1565–69 – Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, Pisa, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
- 1565–72 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, India is built, probably also including the Afsarwala tomb.
- 1566 – Construction of the city of Valletta on Malta, designed by Francesco Laparelli, begins (March 28).
- 1566–67 – "Stari Most" bridge crossing the Neretva at Mostar in the Ottoman Empire, built by Mimar Hayruddin, is completed.
- 1567
- First Royal Exchange, London, completed as the Bourse.
- Construction of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, begins.
- 1568
- The Palace of Charles V in Madrid, Spain, is completed.
- Construction begins of:
- Church of the Gesù in Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (June 26).
- Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey, designed by Mimar Sinan (completed 1574).
- Longleat House in England, designed by Robert Smythson.
Events
[edit]- 1562: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola – Publication of Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura (Rules of the Five Orders of Architecture).[1]
- 1563: John Shute – Publication of The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture, the first work in English on architecture.[2]
- 1568: Giorgio Vasari – Second, enlarged, edition published of Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects).
Births
[edit]- 1560 – Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (died 1627)
Deaths
[edit]- 1563
- John Shute, English architect, architectural writer and miniature painter
- Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor (born 1490)
- 1564: February 18 – Michelangelo (born 1475)
References
[edit]- ^ Evers, Vernd (2003). Architectural Theory: from the Renaissance to the present. Taschen. p. 845. ISBN 978-3-8228-1699-8.
- ^ "Art & Architecture, #58". Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections. Columbia University Libraries. 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-01.