page_title: 1570s in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 1570s in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: The magnificient palace built by Akbar on the mountains of Sikri, and named it as Fatehpur Sikri.
context_page_description: 1570–1575 – Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
  1571 – Buildings begun in 1568 are completed:
  The Green Gate in Gdańsk, designed by Regnier van Amsterdam.
  The Hall of Antiquities in the Munich Residenz, designed by Wilhelm Egkl and Jacopo Strada.
  1571–1572 – Loggia of Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza, designed by Palladio, is built.
  1572 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, is completed.
  c. 1572 – Completion of work at Villa Serego, Santa Sofia di Pedemonte in the province of Verona, designed by Palladio.
  1573 – Construction of Mexico City Cathedral begins.
  1574
  The Selimiye Mosque, designed by Mimar Sinan and begun in 1568, is completed.
  Rebuilding of Castle Ashby House in England is begun.
  1576 – The Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.
  1576–1577 – Design for church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice commissioned from Palladio and construction begins.
  1577 – Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge over the Drina at Višegrad in the Ottoman Empire, designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
  1579 – Nonsuch House erected on London Bridge.
  Fatehpur Sikri in the Mughal Empire is completed.
context_section_description: 1570–1575 – Palazzo Barbaran da Porto in Vicenza (in the Veneto), designed by Andrea Palladio, is built.
  1571 – Buildings begun in 1568 are completed:
  The Green Gate in Gdańsk, designed by Regnier (or Reiner) van Amsterdam.
  The Hall of Antiquities (Antiquarium) in the Munich Residenz, designed by Wilhelm Egkl and Jacopo Strada.
  1571–1572 – Loggia of Palazzo del Capitaniato in Vicenza, designed by Palladio, is built.
  1572 – Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, is completed.
  c. 1572 – Completion of work (part of main courtyard) at Villa Serego, Santa Sofia di Pedemonte in the province of Verona, designed by Palladio.
  1573 – 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 – The Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.
  1576–1577 – Design for church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice commissioned from Palladio and construction begins.
  1577 – Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge over the Drina at Višegrad in the Ottoman Empire, designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.
  1579 – Nonsuch House erected on London Bridge.
  Fatehpur Sikri in the Mughal Empire is completed.
caption: Fatehpur Sikri
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