page_title: 1560s in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1560s in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Lungarno degli archibugieri (corridoio vasariano) visto dal fiume
context_page_description: 1560
  Villa Foscari, one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto, is completed.
  Wat Xieng Thong Buddhist temple at Luang Prabang in the kingdom of Lan Xang is completed.
  Construction of the Uffizi in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari, begins.
  Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
  Reconstruction of Poznań Town Hall in Poland by Giovanni Battista di Quadro is completed.
  1561
  Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, designed by Postnik Yakovlev, is completed.
  The Tian Yi Ge library in Ningbo is established.
  1562–64
  Façade of the church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice, designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
  Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, designed by Michelangelo, is adapted from the Baths of Diocletian.
  1562–67 – Church of San Pedro and San Pablo, Zacatlán, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, is built.
  1562 – Dome of Basilica of Our Lady of Humility, Pistoia, Tuscany, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
  1563
  Villa Badoer, one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto designed by Andrea Palladio in 1556, is completed.
  Construction of El Escorial palace in Spain, designed by Juan de Herrera, begins.
  1564
context_section_description: 1560
  Villa Foscari, one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto, is completed.
  Wat Xieng Thong Buddhist temple at Luang Prabang in the kingdom of Lan Xang (modern-day Laos) is completed.
  Construction of the Uffizi in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari, begins.
  Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
  Reconstruction of Poznań Town Hall in Poland by Giovanni Battista di Quadro is completed.
  1561
  Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, designed by Postnik Yakovlev, is completed.
  The Tian Yi Ge library in Ningbo (Ming dynasty China) is established.
  1562–64
  Façade of the church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice, designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
  Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, designed by Michelangelo, is adapted from the Baths of Diocletian.
  1562–67 – Church of San Pedro and San Pablo, Zacatlán, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, is built.
  1562 – Dome of Basilica of Our Lady of Humility, Pistoia, Tuscany, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
  1563
  Villa Badoer, one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto designed by Andrea Palladio in 1556, is completed.
  Construction of El Escorial palace in Spain, designed by Juan de Herrera, begins (completed 1584).
  1564
  Vasari Corridor in Florence, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
  Somersal Herbert Hall near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, is built.
  1565–66
  Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice is designed by Palladio and construction begins.
  Temple of Haw Phra Kaew in Vientiane, Laos, is built.
  1565–69 – Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, Pisa, designed by Giorgio Vasari, is built.
  1565–72 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, India is built, probably also including the Afsarwala tomb.
  1566 – Construction of the city of Valletta on Malta, designed by Francesco Laparelli, begins (March 28).
  1566–67 – "Stari Most" bridge crossing the Neretva at Mostar in the Ottoman Empire, built by Mimar Hayruddin, is completed.
  1567
  First Royal Exchange, London, completed as the Bourse.
  Construction of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, begins.
  1568
  The Palace of Charles V in Madrid, Spain, is completed.
  Construction begins of:
  Church of the Gesù in Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (June 26).
  Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey, designed by Mimar Sinan (completed 1574).
  Longleat House in England, designed by Robert Smythson.
caption: Vasari Corridor in Florence, Italy
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