Editing 1550s in architecture

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==Buildings and structures==
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== 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>

== 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>

== Influences to Architecture ==
One many specifically sticks out, as an influence to  [[High Renaissance]] and the [[Mannerism]] period is [[Michelangelo]]. He created pieces of art that inspired architects of his time to expand their horizon out of their comfort zone. This brought out a whole new decorative side to the classical architecture as seen before. 

[[Sebastiano Serlio]] wrote his ''Seven Books on Architecture'' that would impact the entire architecture community from then on. The six books consisted of advice to future architects of and surveyed buildings. The seventh and eighth volumes were added at later dates following the rage of the original six.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Mark |title=Sebastiano Serlio |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Sebastiano_Serlio/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref> 

==Births==
* 1550: April 18 – [[Alessandro Pieroni]], Italian mannerist painter and architect (died [[1607 in architecture|1607]])
* c.1550 – [[Vittorio Cassar]], Maltese architect (died c.1607)
* 1556 – [[Carlo Maderno]], Ticinese-born baroque architect (died [[1629 in architecture|1629]])

==Deaths==
* 1554 – [[Sebastiano Serlio]], Wrote the ''Seven Books on Architecture'' (born [[1475 in architecture|1475]])
* 1564 -  [[Michelangelo (disambiguation)|Michelangelo]], Popular painter at the time, influenced many architects to expand their creativity (born 1475) <ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Mark |title=Renaissance Architecture |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Renaissance_Architecture/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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