1060s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1060 – Nave of new Mont Saint Michel Abbey in Normandy begun.
• c.1060
  • Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.
  • Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.
  • Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U, Pagan Kingdom, begun.
  • Church of St. Philibert, Tournus in Burgundy completed.
  • St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale in England built.
• 1061 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, consecrated.
• 1062 – Construction of Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen, Normandy begun.
• 1062 – Vamana temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 1063
  • Pisa Cathedral in Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, March of Tuscany begun.
  • Rebuilding of Doge's Palace, Venice begun.
  • Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain consecrated.
• c.1063
  • Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Normandy founded.
  • Greensted Church, Essex, England, built.
• 1064 – Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun.
• 1065 – St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne consecrated.
• 1066 – Church of San Martín de Tours de Frómista, Spain known.
• 1067
  • Jumièges Abbey church in Normandy consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror.
  • First of the Kharraqan towers built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
  • St. Gereon's church, Cologne begun.
• 1068 – William the Conqueror orders the construction of new motte-and-bailey castles in England at Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Cambridge and York. Image:Baphuon.jpg|Baphuon of Yasodharapura (c. 1060) Image:Speyer Dom Laengsseite.jpg|Speyer Cathedral (1061) Image:20060626-León San Isidoro.jpg|Basilica of San Isidoro, León (1063) Image:Lessay abbaye ext2.JPG|Abbey of Lessay Image:Köln st maria im kapitol dreikonchenanlage 251204.jpg|St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne (1065) Image:Jumièges.jpg|Jumièges Abbey (1067)

References

References

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