Editing Renaissance architecture (section)

===Poland===
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[[File:Wawel dziedziniec1 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Courtyard of [[Wawel Castle]] exemplifies the first period of Polish Renaissance]]
Polish Renaissance architecture is divided into three periods:
The first period (1500–50) is the so-called "Italian" as most of Renaissance buildings of this time were designed by Italian architects, mainly from [[Florence]], including [[Francesco Fiorentino]] and [[Bartolomeo Berrecci]]. Renowned architects from Southern Europe became sought-after during the reign of [[Sigismund I the Old]] and his Italian-born wife, Queen [[Bona Sforza]]. Notable examples from this period include [[Wawel Castle]] Courtyard and [[Sigismund's Chapel]].

In the second period (1550–1600), Renaissance architecture became more common, with the beginnings of [[Mannerist]] and under the influence of the Netherlands, particularly in northern Poland and [[Pomerania]], but also in parts of [[Lesser Poland]]. Buildings of this kind include the [[Sukiennice|Cloth Hall]] in [[Kraków]] and city halls of [[Tarnów]] and [[Sandomierz]]. The most famous example is the 16th-century [[Poznań Town Hall]], designed by [[Giovanni Battista di Quadro]].

In the third period (1600–50), the rising power of sponsored [[Jesuits]] and [[Counter Reformation]] gave impetus to the development of Mannerist architecture and Baroque. Most notable example of this period is [[Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park]], [[mannerist]] architectural and park landscape complex and pilgrimage park, which consists Basilica of St. Mary and 42 chapels modelled and named after the places in Jerusalem and Holy Land. This is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. Another great example from this period is [[Krasiczyn Castle]], which is an palazzo in fortezza with a unique [[sgraffito]] wall decorations, whose total area is about 7000 square meters.<ref>Harald Busch, Bernd Lohse, Hans Weigert, ''Baukunst der Renaissance in Europa. Von Spätgotik bis zum Manierismus'', Frankfurt af Main, 1960<br />Wilfried Koch, ''Style w architekturze'', Warsaw 1996<br />Tadeusz Broniewski, ''Historia architektury dla wszystkich'' Wydawnictwo Ossolineum, 1990<br />Mieczysław Gębarowicz, ''Studia nad dziejami kultury artystycznej późnego renesansu w Polsce'', Toruń 1962</ref>