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1550s . 1560s in architecture . 1570s

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Buildings

• 1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins
• 1563 - Construction of El Escorial (completed 1584), designed by Juan de Herrera, begins
• c.1566 - Construction of Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, begins
• About 1566 - Construction of Villa Rotonda in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, begins
• 1566 - The Tomb of Humayun in Delhi, India is completed.
• 1568 - Construction of Selimiye Mosque (completed 1574), designed by Sinan, begins
• 1568 - Construction of Il Gesù in Rome, designed by Giacomo da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta, begins
• 1568 - Construction of Longleat House in England, designed by Robert Smythson, begins
• 1568 - The Palace of Charles V in Madrid, Spain is completed.

Events

• 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

• date unknown - Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (d. 1627)

Deaths

• February 18, 1564 - Michelangelo (born 1475)
• 1563 - Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor (died 1490)