1560s in architecture

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1550s . 1560s in architecture . 1570s

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• 1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins.
• 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.
• 1568 - Construction of Selimiye Mosque (completed 1574), designed by 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.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• February 18, 1564 - Michelangelo (born 1475)