Editing 1550s in architecture (section)

== Buildings ==
[[File:Moscow StBasilCathedral d19.jpg|thumb|[[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] in [[Moscow]], Russia]]
* 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]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cuevas Del Barrio|first=Javier|title=La evolución de las iglesias de planta ovalada. Hipótesis para la planta de San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane|journal=Boletín de Arte|year=2007|volume=28|pages=105–126|url=http://www.historiadelartemalaga.es/files/28008.pdf|accessdate=2010-12-02|publisher=Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Málaga |language=Spanish |issn=0211-8483 |quote=''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.''}}{{dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* 1550–1557 – [[Süleymaniye Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]], designed by [[Mimar Sinan]], constructed.
* 1552–1554 – Design and construction of [[Villa Cornaro]] in the [[Veneto]] by [[Palladio]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Andrea|last=Palladio|title=[[I quattro libri dell'architettura]]|volume=2|location=Venice|year=1570}}</ref>
* 1552 – Work begins on [[Fort Saint Elmo]] on [[Malta]].
* 1554
** Work begins on [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] in [[Moscow]].
** Work begins on [[Sulaymaniyya Takiyya]] (western building) in [[Damascus]].
* c. 1555 – Design and construction of [[Ex-monastery of Santiago Apóstol|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 [[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola|Vignola]].
** [[Sulaymaniyya Takiyya]] (western building) in [[Damascus]] is completed.
*1567- Villa Le Rotonda by Andrea [[Palladio]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-09 |title=Home - Villa La Rotonda di Andrea Palladio |url=https://www.villalarotonda.it/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |language=it-IT}}</ref>