1550s in architecture

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Architecture timeline

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.

Tekkiye Mosque

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

1. Cuevas Del Barrio, Javier (2007). "La evolución de las iglesias de planta ovalada. Hipótesis para la planta de San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane" (PDF). Boletín de Arte (in Spanish) (Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Málaga) 28: 105–126. ISSN 0211-8483. 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.
2. Palladio, Andrea (1570). I quattro libri dell'architettura 2. Venice.