1580s in architecture

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Overview of the events of the 1580s in architecture

List of years in architecture

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* … 1570
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* 1572
* 1573
* 1574
* 1575
* 1576

* 1577
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* 1580
* 1581
* 1582
* 1583

* 1584
* 1585
* 1586
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* 1589
* 1590 …

* Art
* Archaeology
* Architecture
* Buildings and structures
* Literature
* Music
* Philosophy
* Science+...

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## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1580

### Buildings

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The Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy

* 1580 – Old City of Zamość, designed by Bernardo Morando, is established in Poland.
* 1580–1588 – Wollaton Hall near Nottingham in England, probably designed by Robert Smythson, is built.
* 1581
* Uffizi in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari and continued by Alfonso Parigi the Elder and Bernardo Buontalenti, is completed.
* Litomyšl Castle in Bohemia, begun in 1568, is completed.
* c. 1582 – Dome and lantern of the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome, completed by Giacomo del Duca.
* 1583
* Allahabad Fort, built by Emperor Akbar, is completed.
* Quirinal Palace in Rome, designed by Carlo Maderno and Domenico Fontana, is begun.
* New Basilica of Our Lady of Humility, Pistoia, Tuscany, is consecrated.[1]

El Escorial

* 1584
* El Escorial palace at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain (begun 1563), designed by Juan de Herrera, is completed.
* Church of the Gesù in Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola in 1568 and completed by Giacomo della Porta with "the first truly baroque façade", is consecrated.[2]
* 1585 – Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, designed by Palladio, and completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is opened.
* 1585 – Neubau in Strasbourg, begun in 1582, is inaugurated.
* 1586 – Golden Tea Room first recorded in use in Japan.
* 1587–1588 – Fort Al Jalali at Muscat, Oman, is built by Portuguese naval captain Belchior Calaça.
* 1588
* Court theatre at Sabbioneta, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is begun (completed 1590.)
* Roselius-Haus in Bremen is completed.
* Villa Barbarigo, Noventa Vicentina is commissioned.

## Publications

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* 1584 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo produces his treatise Trattato dell'arte della pittura, scoltura et architettura.

## Births

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* 1585 – Pietro Paolo Floriani, Italian architect and engineer (died 1638)
* 1586–1587 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (died 1647)
* 1587
* Fabio Mangone, Italian architect (died 1629)
* Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, Flemish/Danish architect (died 1639)

## Deaths

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Andrea Palladio

* 1580: August 19 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (born 1508)
* 1583: October 30 – Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect, painter, antiquarian and garden designer (born 1510)
* 1588: July 17 – Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (born 1489)

## References

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1. ^ "Our Lady of Humility Basilica". Pistoia: Santuario Basilica Madonna dell'Umiltà. 2005. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
2. ^ Whitman, Nathan T. (1970). "Roman Tradition and the Aedicular Façade" (PDF). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 29 (2): 108–123\. doi:10.2307/988645.

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