1550s in architecture

1550s in architecture

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Buildings

* 1554 - Work begins on the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed in Moscow.
* 1558 - Sforza Chapel in Rome designed by Michelangelo.

Births

* 1556 - Carlo Maderno (died 1629)

Deaths

* 1554 - Sebastiano Serlio (born 1475)


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