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[edit] Buildings
- 1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins.
- 1561 - Postnik Yakovlev complete the Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.
- 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 the Selimiye Mosque (completed 1574), designed by Mimar 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.
[edit] Events
- 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).
[edit] Births
- date unknown - Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (d. 1627)
[edit] Deaths
- 1563 - Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor (died 1490)
- 1564: February 18 - Michelangelo (born 1475)
[edit] References
- ^ Evers, Vernd (2003). Architectural Theory: from the Renaissance to the present. Taschen. p. 845. ISBN 9783822816998. http://books.google.com/books?id=V5OK-Yw-A3cC&pg=PA86&dq=Vignola+%22Five+Orders%22&hl=en&ei=rvP4TPjLI9WW4Abr6eTABw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Vignola%20%22Five%20Orders%22&f=false.
- ^ "Art & Architecture, #58". Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections. Columbia University Libraries. 2004. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/treasures/html/58.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01.