1240s in architecture

	1230s . 1240s in architecture . 1250s
	Architecture timeline

Buildings and structures

Buildings

1240 – Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge.^[1]
1242 – Heddal Stave Church in Norway consecrated, built in the first half of the 13th century.^[2]^[3]
1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.^{[citation needed]}
c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.^[4]
1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[5]
1247
- Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, consecrated.^[6]
- Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.^[7]
- Start of reconstruction of Bassac Abbey.^[8]
- Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
1248
- April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.^[9]
- August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid^[10] by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
1249 – Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[11]

Great Mosque of Djenné (begun 1240)
Peyrepertuse Castle (1242)
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli (1246)
Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli (1249)

Births

Deaths

1245 – c. June: Elias of Dereham, English canon and building designer^[12]

References

^ David Abulafia (1992) Frederick II: a medieval emperor pp 288. Oxford University Press US ISBN 0-19-508040-8
^ "Heddal stave church | a divine building built by a troll | Norway". 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
^ "om-stavkirken-no | www.heddalstavkirke.no" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
^ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
^ Evans, Kirsti (1997). Epic narratives in the Hoysaḷa temples: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura. Brill. p. 258. ISBN 90-04-10575-1.
^ Stead, Adam (2013). "Rebuilding St. Kunibert: Artistic Integration, Patronage, and Institutional Identities in Thirteenth-Century Cologne" (PDF). University of Toronto Library. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
^ Viberg, Andreas; Wikström, A. (2011-01-01). "St. Mary's Dominican Convent in Sigtuna Revisited. Geophysical and archaeological investigations". Fornvännen. 106: 322–333.
^ "Unique Places in Poitou-Charentes - Off the Beaten Path - VirtualTourist". 2014-12-24. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
^ Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. "The Ste Chapelle (Paris-Buildings)". Grove Encyclopedia of Art.
^ John Henry Parker (1846) A companion to the fourth ed. of A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture pp 89. J.H. Parker
^ Madhusudan A. Dhaky (1977) The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture pp 20. Abhinav Publications ISBN 81-7017-065-6
^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/37391. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37391. Retrieved 2022-04-11. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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[1] David Abulafia (1992) Frederick II: a medieval emperor pp 288. Oxford University Press US ISBN 0-19-508040-8

[2] "Heddal stave church | a divine building built by a troll | Norway". 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2022-04-11.

[3] "om-stavkirken-no | www.heddalstavkirke.no" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-04-11.

[4] Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.

[5] Evans, Kirsti (1997). Epic narratives in the Hoysaḷa temples: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura. Brill. p. 258. ISBN 90-04-10575-1.

[6] Stead, Adam (2013). "Rebuilding St. Kunibert: Artistic Integration, Patronage, and Institutional Identities in Thirteenth-Century Cologne" (PDF). University of Toronto Library. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

[7] Viberg, Andreas; Wikström, A. (2011-01-01). "St. Mary's Dominican Convent in Sigtuna Revisited. Geophysical and archaeological investigations". Fornvännen. 106: 322–333.

[8] "Unique Places in Poitou-Charentes - Off the Beaten Path - VirtualTourist". 2014-12-24. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2022-04-11.

[9] Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. "The Ste Chapelle (Paris-Buildings)". Grove Encyclopedia of Art.

[10] John Henry Parker (1846) A companion to the fourth ed. of A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture pp 89. J.H. Parker

[11] Madhusudan A. Dhaky (1977) The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture pp 20. Abhinav Publications ISBN 81-7017-065-6

[12] Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/37391. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37391. Retrieved 2022-04-11. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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