1070s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
• 1070 – Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral in England following a fire.
• 1070 – Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.
• 1070 – Construction of Dudley Castle in England by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
• 1070 – Construction of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire, England begins.
• 1072 – Construction of Lincoln Cathedral in England begins.
• 1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
• 1075 – Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) begun. Tympanum dated 1078.
• 1077 – Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Normandy consecrated.
• 1077 – Current Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy consecrated.
• 1077 – Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins in England.
• 1077 – Panchkuta Basadi, originally known as Urdhvitilaka (glory of the world), one of the Humcha Jain temples in India, built in the style of Badami Chalukya architecture.
• 1078 – Construction of Colchester Castle begins in England under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
• 1078 (approx.) – White Tower (Tower of London) begun under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
• 1079 – Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begun. File:Dom Wuerzburg.jpg|Würzburg Cathedral (1075) File:Chevet abbHommes.JPG|Abbey of St-Étienne, Caen (1077) File:Bayeauxcathedralinterior.jpg|Bayeux Cathedral (1077) File:Backside view of Basadi in Humcha (DYK crop).jpg|Panchkuta Basadi (1077)

References

References

1. "The History of Canterbury Cathedral".
2. "Lincoln Cathedral website".
3. "St Albans Cathedral website".
4. Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
5. Sutton, Ian. (1999). "Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present". Thames & Hudson.