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11th century in architecture

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

  • 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.
  • 1098 – Trani Cathedral begun.
  • 1099 – Modena Cathedral begun.
  • By c. 1099 – Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha, largely completed.

Image:The Cathedral of Ani.jpg|Cathedral of Ani (1001) Image:Thanjavur temple.jpg|Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur (1002) Image:Saint Martin du Canigou 01.jpg|Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (1009) Image:Abaziasanvittorefrasassi.jpg|San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga (1011) Image:Hosios Loukas BW 2017-10-08 14-55-46.jpg|Katholikon, Hosios Loukas (1012) Image:Mosquee al-akim le caire 1.jpg|Al-Hakim Mosque, Cairo (1013) Image:SanMiniatoalMontenew.jpg|San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1013) Image:San Michele in Borgo, Pisa.jpg|San Michele in Borgo, Pisa (1016) Image:Quedlinburg Stiftskirche.JPG|Quedlinburg Abbey (1021) Image:Monasterio Sant Pere de Rodes.JPG|Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1022) Image:Gangaikonda CholaPuram.JPG|Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram (1025) Image:Pomposa z01.jpg|Pomposa Abbey (1026) Image:Ripoll monestir.jpg|Santa Maria de Ripoll (1032) Image:St Michaels Church Hildesheim.jpg|St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1033) Image:Lingxiaopagodazhengding.jpg|The Lingxiao Pagoda of Zhengding (1045) Image:Reims Basilique St Remi 01.JPG| Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica (1049) Image:Iron Pagoda d.JPG|The Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng (1049) Image:Ottmarsheim aussen.JPG|Ottmarsheim Abbey Church (1049) Image:Westmeboneastwall.jpg|West Mebon, Angkor (c. 1050)

Image:Japan Uji ByodoIn phoenix hall DSC00409.jpg|Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, Kyōto (1053) File:Dingzhou Liaodi Pagoda 4.jpg|The Liaodi Pagoda of Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou (1055) Image:The Fugong Temple Wooden Pagoda.jpg|Pagoda of Fogong Temple (1056) Image:Leire.jpg|Monastery of San Salvador Church, Leyre (1057) 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|Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne (1065) Image:Jumièges.jpg|Abbey of Jumièges (1067) Image:Dom Wuerzburg.jpg|Würzburg Cathedral (1075) Image:Chevet abbHommes.JPG|Abbaye-aux-Hommes (1077) Image:Chora Church Constantinople 2007 panorama 002.jpg|Chora Church (1081) Image:Mainzer Dom Ostfassade.jpg|Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081) Image:Aljafería2.JPG|Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081) Image:Grande mosquee Tlemcen (angle).jpg|Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082) Image:EskiImaretCamii20070531 01.jpg|Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087) Image:Tower of London, Traitors Gate.jpg|White Tower of London (1087) Image:St-albans-cath.jpg|St Albans Cathedral (1089) Image:Saint-Savin nef.jpg|Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (1090) Image:Ananda Temple Bagan.jpg|Ananda Temple, Bagan (1091) Image:Kharaghan.jpg|Kharaghan Towers (mausoleums) of Qazvin (1093) Image:Clock Tower from Su Song's Book desmear.JPG|Su Song's astronomical clocktower in Bianjing (1094) File:Toulouse, Basilique Saint-Sernin 2.jpg|Chevet of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse (1095) File:Como, basilica di sant'abbondio, esterno 00.jpg|Basilica of Sant'Abbondio (1095) Image:Guangzhou LiurongSi Huata 1.jpg|Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Guangzhou (1097)

Births

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

Deaths

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

References

References

  1. (1899). "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria".
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