1280s in architecture

1270s ^. 1280s in architecture ^. 1290s
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1280 - The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun (completed in 1350).
1280 - The Durham Cathedral (in Durham, England) is completed (begun in 1093).
1280 - The second Doorwerth Castle, rebuilt of stone, on the Rhine near Arnhem, was again besieged, and this time the bailey was burned down.
1280 - At the site of present-day Sheffield Cathedral, A second parish church was completed, but that church was mostly demolished and rebuilt about 1430 on a cruciform floor plan.

1281 - The Basilica de Sant Francesc is built in Palma, on a site where the Moors made soap.
1282 - In Naples, Italy, original construction of Castel Nuovo (Italian: "New Castle") is completed (begun in 1279); it has been expanded or renovated several times since.
1283 - Construction of Harlech Castle, located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is begun by King Edward I of England.
1285 - The Cathedral of Saint-Pierre of Ratisbonne is redesigned in Gothic style.

1289 - Pope Nicholas IV formally constitutes the University of Montpellier in France by papal bull, combining various existing schools under the mantle of a single university.
1289 - Construction of Conwy Castle, ordered by King Edward I of England, is completed in Wales.
1289 - Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.