Inigo Jones
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Inigo Jones 🇬🇧

Inigo Jones (Known as "The English Palladio")
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Born Jul 15, 1573 🇬🇧 London, Kingdom of England
Passed Away Jun 21, 1652 London, Commonwealth of England
Lifespan 78 years old
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"Architecture is the harmony of proportional parts, wherein nothing can be added or taken away without destroying the whole."

Archival Overview

First significant English architect who introduced classical Renaissance and Palladian architecture to Britain, designing the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House at Whitehall.

Biographical Record

Inigo Jones (1573–1652 CE) traveled to Italy with the Earl of Arundel, studying Palladio's villas firsthand with his copy of I Quattro Libri in hand.

Appointed Surveyor of the King's Works to James I and Charles I, he replaced Tudor brick clutter with classical white stone harmony at the Queen's House in Greenwich and the Banqueting House at Whitehall.

Key Life Milestones

1616

The Queen's House at Greenwich Designed

Designed the pure Renaissance villa for Queen Anne of Denmark, introducing classical symmetry to England.

1622

Completion of the Banqueting House, Whitehall

Completed the Palladian Banqueting House in London, later adorned with ceiling frescoes by Peter Paul Rubens.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Saint Benet Paul's Wharf Crypt
London, United Kingdom
GPS: 51.5117, -0.0983
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