Fatehpur Sikri

Architecture · c. 1571–1585 · Fatehpur Sikri · Asia

Akbar's red sandstone capital blending Hindu and Islamic forms; abandoned after about 15 years

Style: Mughal Art — Persian garden, Timurid dome and Indian stone: paradise symmetry in white marble and red sandstone
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1555–1561 Saint Basil's Cathedral — Barma and Postnik · Tented Churches · Moscow, Red Square
c. 1600 Hamlet — William Shakespeare · London
1573–1813 Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral · Latin American Baroque · Mexico City
1568–1575 Selimiye Mosque — Mimar Sinan · Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) · Edirne
c. 1574 Ramcharitmanas — Tulsidas · Ayodhya
1565 The Hunters in the Snow — Pieter Bruegel the Elder · Northern Renaissance · Brussels
c. 1565–1572 Humayun's Tomb — Mirak Mirza Ghiyas · Mughal Art · Delhi
c. 1562 Pope Marcellus Mass — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · Italian Renaissance · Rome