Editing 1550s in architecture (section)

== Renaissance Architecture ==
[[File:07-Villa-Rotonda-Palladio.jpg|thumb|Palladio's Villa Rotonda]]
The 1550s were filled with buildings from the Renaissance period. One example of this was Andrea [[Palladio]] Villa Rotonda. Although the building was complete in the 1590s, the design began in the 1550s. You can see the symmetry, proportion, and use of classical order. The building resides just outside of the city Vicenza in Italy. Palladio later published his pieces, ''Four Books of Architecture.'' While Palladio didn't have the sketches when construction began, he drew them up for the intended design of the completed building to include when published. Since his publishing, there has been many recreations of his sketches and even buildings around the world. [[Giovanni Dominico Giaconi]] later redid his sketches in watercolor.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=García-Salgado |first=Tomás |date=2008-10-01 |title=A Perspective Analysis of the Proportions of Palladio’s Villa Rotonda: Making the Invisible Visible |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00004-007-0069-3 |journal=Nexus Network Journal |language=en |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=269–282 |doi=10.1007/s00004-007-0069-3 |issn=1522-4600}}</ref>