1240s in architecture

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1230s . 1240s in architecture . 1250s

Architecture timeline

## Buildings and structures

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### Buildings

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* 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

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## Deaths

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

## References

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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: 322–333.322-333&rft.date=2011-01-01&rft.aulast=Viberg&rft.aufirst=Andreas&rft.au=Wikström,+A.&rft_id=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261114078&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1240s+in+architecture" class="Z3988">
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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