1280s in architecture

Buildings

• 1280
  • The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun (completed in 1350).
  • The Durham Cathedral (in Durham, England) is completed (begun in 1093).
  • The second Doorwerth Castle, rebuilt of stone, on the Rhine near Arnhem, was again besieged, and this time the bailey was burned down.
  • 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.
  • Albi Cathedral in Languedoc is begun.^[1]
• 1283 – Construction of Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles in Gwynedd, North 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.
  • Construction of Conwy Castle, ordered by King Edward I of England, is completed in North Wales.
  • Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.

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