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| 1506 |
| | | Julius II, together with the architect Bramante, lays the foundation stone for the new St Peter's | |
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| 1514 |
| | | Thomas Wolsey begins to build himself a palace at Hampton Court, but will later consider it politic to give it to Henry VIII | |
|  | Hampton Court west front, chromolithograph
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| 1527 |
| | | Francis I begins to transform Fontainebleau into a palace, employing artists who establish the mannerist school of Fontainebleau | |
|  | Fontainebleau
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| 1557 |
| | | Sinan completes his masterpiece, the mosque of Suleiman I in Istanbul | |
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| 1563 |
| | | Philip II begins construction of the palace and monastery known as the Escorial | |
|  | Escorial, near Madrid
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| c. 1570 |
| | | Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura ('The Four Books of Architecture'), which include his influential designs for villas | |
|  | Villa Malcontenta, Venice
Photograph John Julius Norwich
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| 1571 |
| | | Akbar builds his new palace of Fatehpur Sikri close to the shrine of a Sufi saint | |
|  | Fatehpur Sikri, diwan-i-khas
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| 1573 |
| | | The tomb in Delhi of the Mughal emperor Humayun introduces the shape of dome which characterizes his dynasty's architecture | |
|  | Humayun tomb, Delhi
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| 1590 |
| | | The dome of St Peter's is finished, completing nearly a century of construction on Europe's largest church | |
|  | St.Peter's
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| 1599 |
| | | The Globe, where many of Shakespeare's plays are first performed, is built on Bankside in London | |
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