1250s in architecture

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1240s . 1250s in architecture . 1260s

other events: 1250s . Architecture timeline

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• 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.
• 1258 – The main body of the Salisbury Cathedral (begun in 1220) in Salisbury, England, is completed.
• 1259 – Gokuraku-ji Temple, of the Jōdō-shū Buddhist sect, is founded in Kamakura, Japan.

[edit] Births

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

[edit] Deaths

• none listed