1080s in architecture

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1070s . 1080s in architecture . 1090s

Architecture timeline

## 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.

* 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)

## Births[edit]

* c. 1081 – Abbot Suger (died 1151), French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture.

## Deaths[edit]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "British History in depth: Normans Buildings Gallery". BBC History. Retrieved 23 August 2018.