1240s in architecture
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Buildings
- 1240
- Construction of the Great Mosque of Djenné ordered in Mali.
- Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge.[1]
- c. 1240–1250 – Heddal stave church in Norway built.
- 1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.
- c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.[2]
- 1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.[3]
- 1247
- Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.
- Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
- 1248
- April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.[4]
- August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid[5] by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
- 1249 – Sadasiva temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.[6]
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Great Mosque of Djenné (begun 1240)
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Peyrepertuse Castle (1242)
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Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli (1246)
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Sadasiva temple, Nuggehalli (1249)
References
- ↑ David Abulafia (1992) Frederick II: a medieval emperor pp 288. Oxford University Press US ISBN 0-19-508040-8
- ↑ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
- ↑ Kirsti Evans (1997) Epic narratives in the Hoysaḷa temples: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura pp 258. BRILL ISBN 90-04-10575-1
- ↑ Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. "The Ste Chapelle (Paris-Buildings)". Grove Encyclopedia of Art.
- ↑ John Henry Parker (1846) A companion to the fourth ed. of A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture pp 89. J.H. Parker
- ↑ Madhusudan A. Dhaky (1977) The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture pp 20. Abhinav Publications ISBN 81-7017-065-6
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