1560s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 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

• 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

• 1560 – Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (died 1627)

Deaths

• 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