1570s in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings

- 1570â1575 â Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in Vicenza (in the Veneto), designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
- 1571 â Buildings begun in 1568 are completed:
- The Green Gate in GdaÅsk, designed by Regnier (or Reiner) van Amsterdam.
- The Hall of Antiquities (Antiquarium) in the Munich Residenz, designed by Wilhelm Egkl and Jacopo Strada.
- 1571â1572 â Loggia of Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza, designed by Palladio, is built.
- 1572 â Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, is completed.
- c. 1572 â Completion of work (part of main courtyard) at Villa Serego, Santa Sofia di Pedemonte in the province of Verona, designed by Palladio.
- 1573 â Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
- 1574
- The Selimiye Mosque (Edirne), designed by Mimar Sinan and begun in 1568, is completed.
- Rebuilding of Castle Ashby House in England is begun.
- 1576 â The Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.
- 1576â1577 â Design for church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice commissioned from Palladio and construction begins.
- 1577 â Mehmed PaÅ¡a SokoloviÄ Bridge over the Drina at ViÅ¡egrad in the Ottoman Empire, designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
- 1579 â Nonsuch House erected on London Bridge.
- Fatehpur Sikri in the Mughal Empire is completed.

Events
- 1570 â Andrea Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture).
- 1573 â Philip II of Spain signs the Laws of the Indies which determine community planning in his overseas possessions.
- 1576â79 â Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau publishes Les plus excellents bastiments de France in Paris with engraved illustrations.
- 1578 â Giacomo della Porta builds a fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome.
Births
- 1571 â Salomon de Brosse, French architect (died 1626)[1]
- 1573: July 15 â Inigo Jones, English architect and theatrical designer (died 1652)[2]
- 1576 â Santino Solari, Italian-born architect (died 1646)
Deaths
- 1570
- January 8 â Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (born c. 1510)
- October 20 â Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (born 1521)
- November 27 â Jacopo Sansovino, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1486)[3]
- 1572: December 30 â Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (born 1512)
- 1573: July 7 â Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian mannerist architect (born 1507)
- 1574: June 27 â Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, architect and art historian (born 1511)
- 1578: September â Pierre Lescot, French architect (born 1510)