1570s in architecture
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| 1560s 1560s in architecture -Buildings:* 1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins.* 1561 - Postnik Yakovlev complete the Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.* 1563 - Construction of El Escorial , designed by Juan de Herrera, begins.... . 1570s in architecture . 1580s 1580s in architecture -Buildings:* 1583 - Allahabad Fort, built by Emperor Akbar completed.* 1583 - Quirinal Palace, designed by Carlo Maderno and Domenico Fontana begun.* 1584 - El Escorial , designed by Juan de Herrera, is completed.... |
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Buildings
- 1574 - the Selimiye Mosque (begun 1568), designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
- 1576 - the Pagoda of Cishou TemplePagoda of Cishou TempleThe Pagoda of Cishou Temple , originally known as Yong'anwanshou Pagoda , is a 16th century stone and brick Chinese pagoda located in the Buddhist Cishou Temple of Balizhuang, a suburb of Beijing, China. This octagonal-shaped pagoda is roughly 50 m tall, with elaborate ornamental carvings,...
in the suburbs of BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
is completed. - Fatehpur SikriFatehpur SikriFatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built near the much older Sikri, the historical city of Fatehabad, as it was first named, was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar beginning in 1570...
is completed.
Events
- 1570 - Andrea PalladioAndrea PalladioAndrea Palladio was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture...
publishes I Quattro Libri dell'ArchitetturaI Quattro Libri dell'ArchitetturaI quattro libri dell'architettura is an Italian treatise on architecture by the architect Andrea Palladio . It was first published in four volumes in 1570 in Venice, illustrated with woodcuts after the author's own drawings. It has been reprinted and translated many times...
(The Four Books of Architecture). - 1578 - Giacomo della PortaGiacomo della PortaGiacomo della Porta was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked on many important buildings in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica. He was born at Porlezza, Lombardy and died in Rome.-Biography:...
builds a fountain in front of PantheonPantheon, RomeThe Pantheon ,Rarely Pantheum. This appears in Pliny's Natural History in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca operum, sicut in fastigio posita signa, sed propter altitudinem loci minus celebrata.from ,...
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Deaths
- January 8, 1570 - Philibert de l'OrmePhilibert de l'OrmePhilibert DeLorme was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance.He was born at Lyon, the son of Jean Delorme, a master mason. At an early age Philibert was sent to Italy to study and was employed there by Pope Paul III...
(born c. 1510) - November 27, 1570 - Jacopo SansovinoJacopo SansovinoJacopo d'Antonio Sansovino was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity...
(born 1486) - December 30, 1572 - Galeazzo AlessiGaleazzo AlessiGaleazzo Alessi was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the direction of Giovanni Battista Caporali.For a number of years he lived in Genoa...
(born 1512) - July 7, 1573 - Giacomo Barozzi da VignolaGiacomo Barozzi da VignolaGiacomo Barozzi da Vignola was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome...
(born 1507) - June 27, 1574 - Giorgio VasariGiorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
(born 1511) - September - Pierre LescotPierre LescotPierre Lescot was a French architect active during the French Renaissance, "the man who was first responsible for the implantation of pure and correct classical architecture in France." He was born in Paris....
- French architect (born 1510)