1250s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• c. 1250
  • Western towers and north rose window of Notre Dame de Paris in the Kingdom of France are built.
  • Hexham Abbey, England completed (begun c. 1170).
  • Konark Sun Temple in Odisha built.
• 1250
  • Château de Spesbourg, Holy Roman Empire built.
  • Ponts Couverts, Strasbourg, opened.
• 1252 – Church of Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal completed.
• c. 1252 – The Franciscan abbey of Claregalway Friary, in Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland is commissioned by Norman knight John de Cogan.
• 1253 – Construction of the upper Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, designed by Elia Bombardone, is completed.
• 1255 – New Gothic choir of the Tournai Cathedral in the Kingdom of France built.
• 1256 – Construction of Hermann Castle in present-day Estonia is started.
• 1257 – Construction of the Basilica di Santa Chiara in Assisi begun.
• 1258 – The main body of the Salisbury Cathedral (begun in 1220) in Salisbury, England, is completed. Image:Notre-Dame de Paris 2792x2911.jpg|Western Front of Notre Dame de Paris (c. 1250) Image:Hexham Abbey.jpg|Hexham Abbey (c. 1250) Image:Chateau du Spesbourg.jpg|Chateau de Spesbourg (c. 1250) Image:James Fergusson Konark.jpg|Konark Sun Temple (c. 1250) Image:Lakshminarayana Temple at Hosaholalu.jpg|Lakshminarayana Temple, Hosholalu (1250) Image:Alcobaça-CentralAisle.jpg|Alcobaça Monastery church (1252) Image:Assisi San Francesco BW 2.JPG|San Francesco d'Assisi (1253) Image:Salisbury Cathedral.jpg|Salisbury Cathedral (1258)

Births

• c. 1250 Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor, painter, and architect (d. c. 1315)

Deaths

• none listed

References

References

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