1500s in architecture

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Overview of the events of the 1500s in architecture

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* 1497
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* 1501
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* Art
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* Architecture
* Literature
* Music
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Architecture timeline

## Buildings and structures[edit]

### Buildings[edit]

Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio (Rome) by Bramante

* c. 1500 – Chateau de Blois largely rebuilt.
* 1500 – St. Anne's Church, Vilnius is completed.
* 1501
* Expansion of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh.
* Chichester Cross is built in Chichester, England.
* Construction of the Jerónimos Monastery at Belém (Lisbon) in Portugal begins; it will take 100 years to complete.
* Construction of spire of St James' Church, Louth, Lincolnshire, England begins; it will take until c.1515 to complete.
* 1501/2 – Construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa in the Duchy of Braganza (Portugal) begins.
* 1502
* Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, designed by Donato Bramante, is built.
* Construction of St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, begun in 1379 by Heinrich Ungeradin, is completed with the installation of vaulting by Heinrich Haetzl.
* Vladislav Hall in Prague Castle, designed by Benedikt Rejt, is completed.
* Expansion of Great Malvern Priory in England is completed.
* 1503 – All Saints' Church, Wittenberg (Schlosskirche) is consecrated.
* 1504 – Matsumoto Castle in Japan built.[1]

Fondaco dei Tedeschi on Grand Canal (Venice) by Giocondo

* 1505 – Archangel Cathedral in Moscow begun.
* 1505–1508 – Fondaco dei Tedeschi on the Grand Canal (Venice) rebuilt by Fra Giovanni Giocondo.
* 1506 – Construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to the design of Bramante begins.
* 1507
* Seville Cathedral consecrated.
* Construction of the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome, to the design of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger begins.
* Rebuilding of Wawel Castle in Kraków begins.
* 1508
* Church of San Rocco, Venice, designed by Bartolomeo Bon, begun in 1489, is completed.
* Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione (Todi) is begun.
* 1509
* Palazzo Loredan on the Grand Canal (Venice), begun by Mauro Codussi in 1481, is completed.
* Fugger Chapel of St. Anne's Church, Augsburg, Swabia, is begun.

## Events[edit]

* 1503: November 1 – Pope Julius II becomes Pope; he will be patron to Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

Andrea Palladio

## Births[edit]

* 1507: October 1 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian Mannerist architect (died 1573)
* 1508: November 30 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (died 1580)

## Deaths[edit]

* c. 1501 – Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Sienese painter, sculptor, architect and military engineer (born 1439)
* 1503: June 24 – Reginald Bray, English Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and architect (born 1440)
* c. 1506/07 – Conrad Pflüger, Swabian architect (born c. 1450)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Siang, Tai Lee; Valerie, Ang (2016). Cities Of Love: Roadmap For Sustaining Future Cities. World Scientific. p. 4\. ISBN 9789813200173.