1560s in architecture

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1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins.
1561 - Postnik Yakovlev complete the Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.
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.
1566 - The Tomb of Humayun in Delhi, India is completed.
1568 - Construction of the Selimiye Mosque (completed 1574), designed by Mimar 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.
1568 - The Palace of Charles V in Madrid, Spain is completed.

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).