1080s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1080
  • Rebuilding of Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse begun.
  • Construction of Cluny Abbey III in France, begun.
• Circa 1080
  • The first building of what would become the Château de Picomtal was built.
• 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.
• 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. File:Chora Church Constantinople 2007 panorama 002.jpg|Chora Church (1081) File:Mainzer Dom Ostfassade.jpg|Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081) File:Aljafería2.JPG|Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081) File:Grande mosquee Tlemcen (angle).jpg|Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082) File:EskiImaretCamii20070531 01.jpg|Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087) File:Tower of London, Traitors Gate.jpg|White Tower of London (1087) File:St-albans-cath.jpg|St Albans Cathedral (1089)

Births

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

References

References

1. "British History in depth: Normans Buildings Gallery".