1550s in architecture
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Buildings
- 1550–1554 - Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, constructed, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome.[1]
- 1552–1554 - Design and construction of Villa Cornaro in the Veneto by Palladio.[2]
- 1552 - Work begins on Fort Saint Elmo on Malta.
- 1554 - Work begins on Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
- c. 1555 - Design and construction of monastery of Santiago Apóstol and its basilica church in Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Antonio de Barbosa, begins.
- 1558 - Sforza Chapel in Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, designed by Michelangelo.
- 1559 - Work begins on the Villa Farnese at Caprarola, designed by Vignola.
- 1559 - Tekkiye Mosque in Damascus is completed.
Births
- 1550: April 18 - Alessandro Pieroni, Italian mannerist painter and architect (died 1607)
- c.1550 - Vittorio Cassar, Maltese architect (died c.1607)
- 1556 - Carlo Maderno, Ticinese-born baroque architect (died 1629)
Deaths
- 1554 - Sebastiano Serlio (born 1475)
References
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