1080s in architecture
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| 1070s . 1080s in architecture . 1090s |
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Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings
[edit]- 1080
- Rebuilding of Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse begun.
- Construction of Cluny Abbey III in France, begun.
- 1081
- Surviving Chora Church in Constantinople completed (begun in 1077).
- Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza, Spain completed (begun in 1065).
- Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the building which survives to the modern day.
- 1082 – Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire.
- 1083 – Surviving Ely Cathedral in England begun.[1]
- 1086 – Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U completed.
- before 1087 – Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun.
- 1087
- White Tower (Tower of London) in England finished (begun in 1078).
- Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Apulia, begun.
- 1088
- Rebuilding of Cluny Abbey in France begun.
- Eynsford Castle in England built.
- 1089 – Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in England completed.
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Chora Church (1081) -
Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081) -
Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081) -
Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082) -
Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087) -
White Tower of London (1087) -
St Albans Cathedral (1089)
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Births
[edit]- c. 1081 – Abbot Suger (died 1151), French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture.
Deaths
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References
[edit]- ^ "British History in depth: Normans Buildings Gallery". BBC History. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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