11th century in architecture

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## Buildings and structures

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### Buildings

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* 1001
* The Cathedral of Ani is built in Armenia.
* St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim begun.
* 1002 - Brihadishwara Temple of Thanjavur, India (Chola Empire) begun.
* 1008 - Rebuilt Torcello Cathedral in the Veneto consecrated.
* 1009 - Saint-Martin-du-Canigou in Catalonia consecrated.
* By c. 1010 - Church of the Saviour at Berestove built.
* 1011 - San Vittore alle Chiuse in Genga, Papal States built.
* c. 1012 - Katholikon of Hosios Loukas built in Byzantine Greece.
* 1013
* Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, Fatimid Empire built (begun in 990).
* San Miniato al Monte begun in Florence, Italy (work went on until the 13th century).
* 1016 - San Michele in Borgo in Pisa, Tuscany built.
* c. 1017 - Hōjōji (法成寺) built in Heian-kyō, Japan.
* 1021 - Church of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Holy Roman Empire built (begun c. 997).
* 1022 - Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia consecrated.
* c. 1023 - Romanesque church at Mont-Saint-Michel founded.
* c. 1025 - City of Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded as a capital of the Chola Empire.
* 1026 - Pomposa Abbey near Ferrara, Italy, completed (except the campanile finished in 1063).
* 1029 - Construction of Sant Vicenç de Cardonia, Catalonia begun.
* 1030 - Speyer Cathedral, Germany, initiated by Emperor Konrad II.
* 1032 - Santa Maria de Ripoll, Catalonia is consecrated.
* 1033 - St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire, completed and consecrated.
* 1036 - Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem restored and renovated by the Fatimid caliph after an earthquake in 1033.
* 1037
* Chartres Cathedral in France consecrated for the fifth time (subsequently rebuilt).
* St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv founded.
* 1040
* Sant Vicenç de Cardona, Catalonia is completed.
* Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Jumièges in Normandy begins.
* Construction of the third Würzburg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire begins.
* 1045 - Lingxiao Pagoda (凌霄塔) in Zhengding, China is completed.
* 1047 - Reconstruction of St Mark's Basilica in Venice begins.
* 1049
* Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica in France is consecrated
* Iron Pagoda (鐵塔) of Bianjing, China is completed.
* Abbey Church of Ottmarsheim, Alsace is consecrated.
* c. 1050
* West Mebon built in Angkor.
* Rajarani Temple built in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
* Construction of Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, begins.
* 1050
* Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay in Normandy completed.
* Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins.
* 1053
* Varadharaja Perumal Temple of Kanchipuram in India (Chola Empire) built.
* Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in in Heian-kyō, Japan built.
* 1055 - Liaodi Pagoda (料敵塔), Hebei, China is completed
* 1056 - Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (佛宫寺释迦塔), Shanxi, China is completed
* 1057
* Church of Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre, Navarra consecrated.
* Near Caves (Pechersk Lavra) founded.
* 1059 - Abbaye aux Dames, Caen founded.
* c. 1060
* Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.
* Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.
* 1061 - Speyer Cathedral, Germany, completed.
* 1062 - Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy begun.
* 1063
* Rebuilding of Doge's Palace, Venice begun.
* Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain, Spain consecrated.
* c. 1063 - Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy founded.
* 1064
* Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun.
* Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany begun.
* 1065 - Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne consecrated.
* 1067
* Abbey of Jumièges, Normandy consecrated.
* First of the Kharraqan towers built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
* Sankt Gereon, Cologne begun.
* 1068 - Warwick Castle established as a motte-and-bailey fortification by William I of England.
* 1070 - Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
* 1075 - Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
* 1075 - Pilgrimage Church of St James, Santiago de Compostela begun.
* 1076 - Abbey of Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in the Languedoc completed.
* 1077
* Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France consecrated.
* Current Bayeux Cathedral, France consecrated.
* 1078 - White Tower (Tower of London) in England begun.
* c. 1078 - Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany, completed.
* 1080 - Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.
* 1081
* Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople (begun in 1077).
* Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the current building.
* Aljafería Palace built in Zaragoza, Spain (begun in 1065).
* 1082 - Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire.
* 1083 - Present Ely Cathedral in the east of England begun.
* 1086–87 - South dome of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan in Seljuq dynasty Persia, the world's largest dome at this time.
* By 1087 - Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun.
* 1087
* White Tower (Tower of London) (begun in 1078) probably largely completed.
* San Nicola di Bari begun.
* 1088
* Rebuilding of great church at Cluny Abbey in France ("Cluny III") begun.
* Eynsford Castle built in England.
* 1089 - Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in England completed.
* c. 1090 - Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe in Poitou completed (begun c. 1040).
* 1091
* Cairo Fatimid city wall built (begun in 1087).
* Ananda Temple built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom capital.
* 1093
* Second of the Kharraqan towers mausoleums built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
* Maria Laach Abbey in the Rhineland begun.
* Durham Cathedral founded in the north of England.
* 1094
* 40-foot-tall water-powered astronomical clocktower in Song dynasty's capital Bianjing designed by Su Song completed.
* San Juan de la Peña Monastery in Aragon consecrated.
* St Mark's Basilica in Venice consecrated.
* c. 1094 - Battle Abbey in England consecrated.
* 1095 - Sant'Abbondio, Como consecrated.
* 1096
* St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse consecrated.
* Norwich Cathedral begun in eastern England.
* 1097
* Construction of the original stage of the Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou, Song dynasty.
* Djamaa el Kebir mosque of Algiers built in Almoravid Algeria.[1]
* 1098 - Trani Cathedral begun.
* 1099 - Modena Cathedral begun.
* By c. 1099 - Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha, largely completed.

* Cathedral of Ani (1001)

* Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur (1002)

* Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (1009)

* San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga (1011)

* Katholikon, Hosios Loukas (1012)

* Al-Hakim Mosque, Cairo (1013)

* San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1013)

* San Michele in Borgo, Pisa (1016)

* Quedlinburg Abbey (1021)

* Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1022)

* Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram (1025)

* Pomposa Abbey (1026)

* Santa Maria de Ripoll (1032)

* St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1033)

* The Lingxiao Pagoda of Zhengding (1045)

* Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica (1049)

* The Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng (1049)

* Ottmarsheim Abbey Church (1049)

* West Mebon, Angkor (c. 1050)

* Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, Kyōto (1053)

* The Liaodi Pagoda of Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou (1055)

* Pagoda of Fogong Temple (1056)

* Monastery of San Salvador Church, Leyre (1057)

* Baphuon of Yasodharapura (c. 1060)

* Speyer Cathedral (1061)

* Basilica of San Isidoro, León (1063)

* Abbey of Lessay

* Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne (1065)

* Abbey of Jumièges (1067)

* Würzburg Cathedral (1075)

* Abbaye-aux-Hommes (1077)

* 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)

* Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (1090)

* Ananda Temple, Bagan (1091)

* Kharaghan Towers (mausoleums) of Qazvin (1093)

* Su Song's astronomical clocktower in Bianjing (1094)

* Chevet of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse (1095)

* Basilica of Sant'Abbondio (1095)

* Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Guangzhou (1097)

## Births

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

## Deaths

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* 1020 - Trdat the Architect (born c. 940s), Armenian

## References

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1. ^ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.