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| 1415 |
| | | Filippo Brunelleschi begins studying the ruins of classical Rome, with a view to rediscovering classical architecture | |
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| 1418 |
| | | A competition is launched for an architect to construct a dome above Florence's cathedral, and is won by Brunelleschi | |
|  | Florence, the cathedral dome
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| 1430 |
| | | Work begins in Florence on Brunelleschi's Pazzi chapel, which encapsulates in miniature the new ideals of Renaissance architecture | |
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| 1471 |
| | | The new pope, Sixtus IV, secures his name in history, establishing the Sistine chapel and the Sistine choir | |
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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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| c. 1570 |
| | | Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura ('The Four Books of Architecture'), which include his influential designs for villas | |
|  | Villa Malcontenta, Venice
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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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| 1618 |
| | | The Teatro Farnese in Parma is the first to have a proscenium arch, framing perspective scenery painted on flat wings | |
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| 1629 |
| | | The sculptor and architect Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is given the task of adding the drama of baroque to the newly completed St Peter's in Rome | |
|  | Bernini's Baldacchino in St Peter's
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| 1634 |
| | | Francesco Borromini begins work on his intricate baroque masterpiece, the Monastery of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634-43), in Rome | |
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