1550s in architecture
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[edit] Buildings
- 1550–1554 - Construction of the Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome.[1]
- 1554 - Work begins on Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
- 1558 - Sforza Chapel in Rome designed by Michelangelo.
- 1559 - Work begins on the Villa Farnese at Caprarola designed by Vignola.
- 1559 - Tekkiye Mosque is completed.
[edit] Births
- 1556 - Carlo Maderno (died 1629)
[edit] Deaths
- 1554 - Sebastiano Serlio (born 1475)
[edit] References
- ^ Cuevas Del Barrio, Javier (2007). "La evolución de las iglesias de planta ovalada. Hipótesis para la planta de San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane" (in Spanish). Boletín de Arte (Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Málaga) 28: 105–126. ISSN 0211-8483. http://www.historiadelartemalaga.es/files/28008.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-02. "Sant’Andrea in via Flaminia es la primera iglesia de planta oval que realiza Vignola. La construyó mientras trabajaba en la cercana villa Giulia y se terminó en 1554."
