Palladio is born
on November 30th.
1508
Michelangelo begins work
on the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel.
Apprenticed to
stonemason in Padua.
1521
Breaks contract with
stonemason, moves
to Vicenza.
1524
Rome Sacked.
1527
Palladio meets Giangiorgio
Trissino, and begins studying
at Trissinoís humanist school
and starts first formal
education in architecture.
1537
Palladio begins construction
of Villa Godi,
his first autograph work.
Sebastiano Serlio, an Italian
architect, publishes the first
of four books of his
architectural treatise.
Palladio makes first trip
to Rome accompanied by
his patron, Trissino.
1541
Construction begins on
Villa Gazzotti.
Construction begins on
Villa Caldogno.
Construction begins on
Villa Pisani.
Construction begins on
Villa Thiene.
Palladio gains commission to
repair the damages of the
Basilica in Vicenza.
1545
Michelangelo undertakes the
commission of St. Peterís
Basilica in Rome.
1546
Palladio visits Rome
again with Trissino.
1547
Construction begins on
Villa Saraceno.
Construction begins on
Villa Poiana.
Construction begins on
Palazzo Iseppo Porto.
Construction begins on
Villa Barbaro.
Construction begins on
Villa Cornaro.
Sebastiano Serlio dies.
Construction begins on the
FaÁade of San Pietro
in Castello.
1558
Construction begins on
Villa Emo.
Michelangelo designs Sforza
Chapel in Rome.
Construction begins on
FaÁade of Palazzo Schio.
Construction begins on
Monastery of Santa Maria
della Carita (LíAccademia di
Belle Arti).
1561
Michelangelo dies.
1564
Dome of Vicenza
Cathedral constructed.
1566
Construction begins on
Arco Bollani.
Construction begins on
Ponte Coperto.
1569
I Quattro Libri
dellíArchitettura, Palladioís
architectural treatise, is
first published.
Loggia del Capitaniato
constructed.
1572
Construction begins on
Palazzo Porto.
Construction begins on
Il Redentore.
Construction begins on
Courtyards of San Giorgio
Maggiore (faÁade unfinished
until 1611).
1579
Construction begins on
Porta Gemona.
Tempietto Barbaro
is completed.
1580
Teatro Olimpico,
Palladioís last work,
is constructed.
Andrea Palladio dies on
August 19th.
Drayton Hall constructed
(first Palladian private
residence in America) in
Ashley River, South Carolina.
1740
Redwood Library constructed
(first Palladio public
building in America) in
Newport, Rhode Island.
1749
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