1474 - Bramante moved to Milan, a city with a deep Gothic architectural tradition, and built several churches in the new Antique style.
1476 - The Duke, Ludovico Sforza, made him virtually his court architect.
1492 - Milan, Bramante also built Santa Maria delle Grazie.
1499 - His Sforza patron driven from Milan by an invading French army, Bramante made his way to Rome, where he was already known to the powerful Cardinal Riario.
1503 - Bramante planned to set it within a colonnaded courtyard to complete the scenery, but larger plans were afoot. Within a year of its completion, in November.
1504 - Basilica's construction was under way, are the cloisters of Santa Maria della Pace near Piazza Navona.
1506 - The cornerstone of the first of the great piers of the crossing was laid with ceremony on the 18th of April.
Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante—together these artists created some of the most glorious treasures of the Vatican, viewed daily by thousands of tourists. But how many visitors understand the...
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Bramante by Arnaldo Bruschi (Hardcover - May 30, 1977)