1130s in architecture

Buildings

• about 1130 - Urnes Stave Church built in Norway.
• 1130 - Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy, completed (begun in 1062).
• 1130 - Canterbury Cathedral, England, consecrated.
• 1130 - Hedingham Castle, England, begun.
• 1130 - Rochester Cathedral, England, consecrated.
• 1130 - New west front of Église Notre-Dame la Grande, Poitiers, begun.
• 1131 - Cathedral of Cefalù begun.
• 1132 - San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia, consecrated.
• 1132 - San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo, Norman Kingdom of Sicily built.
• 1132 - Fountains Abbey begun in England
• 1133 - Rebuilding of Clairvaux begun.
• 1133 - San Sisto, Pisa, Italy, consecrated.
• 1135 - Basilica di San Zeno in Verona, Italy, rebuilt to its current form.
• 1135 - Nave vault of Durham Cathedral, England, completed.
• 1136 - Work begins on the narthex of the Basilique Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis, France.
• 1136 - Reconstruction of the Great Mosque of Tlemcen in Almoravid Algeria
• 1138 - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno in Pisa, Italy, rebuilt to its current form.
• 1139 - Verona Cathedral begun.
• 1139 - Fontenay Abbey begun.

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