1590s in architecture
overview of architecture-related events during the 1590s
Buildings and structures
Buildings
1590
Sinan Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria, is completed.
Court theatre at Sabbioneta (begun 1588), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is completed.
Church of Tolentini, Venice, Italy, is designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi; it will not be completed until 1714.
1590–1595 – Belvedere (fort) in Florence, Italy, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti, is constructed.
1590–1597 – Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, England, designed by Robert Smythson, is constructed.
1591
Rialto Bridge in Venice, designed by Antonio da Ponte, is completed.
Church of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome is designed by Ottaviano Nonni.
1592 – Fushimi Castle in Kyoto, Japan was begun.
1592 – Church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice, designed by Andrea Palladio, is consecrated.
1592 - Crooked House of Windsor original butcher-shop building, demolished 1687, but rebuilt exactly the same way after legal complications.
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