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1280s in architecture
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1280
The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun (completed in 1350).
Durham Cathedral (in Durham, England) is completed (begun in 1093).
The second Doorwerth Castle, rebuilt of stone, on the Rhine near Arnhem, is again besieged, and this time the bailey is burned down.
At the site of present-day Sheffield Cathedral in England, a second parish church is completed, but is mostly demolished and rebuilt about 1430 on a cruciform floor plan.Cathedral Timeline https://www.sheffieldcathedral.org/cathedral-timeline 2022-04-12 Sheffield Cathedral en-GB
Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is begun.
Cressing Temple Wheat Barn in eastern England erected by about this date.THE WHEAT BARN, 35 METRES NORTH EAST OF CRESSING TEMPLE FARMHOUSE, Cressing - 1123866 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1123866 2022-04-12 historicengland.org.uk en
1281 – The Basilica de Sant Francesc is built in Palma, Majorca, 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.Vincenzo 2019-02-12 Castel Nuovo: History and Secrets of a Medieval Fortress https://www.leisure-italy.com/travel-tips/castel-nuovo/ 2022-04-12 Leisure Italy en-GB
Albi Cathedral in Languedoc is begun.Ian Sutton Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present London Thames & Hudson 1999 978-0-500-20316-3 registration https://archive.org/details/westernarchitect00sutt
1283 – Construction of Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles in Gwynedd, North Wales, is begun by King Edward I of England.
1284 – Construction of Beauvais Cathedral is interrupted by a partial collapse of the choir.Hong Seong-Woo 2004 The Analysis on the Collapse of the Tallest Gothic Cathedral https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/1748-the-analysis-on-the-collapse-of-the-tallest-gothic-cathedral.pdf#:~:text=There%20are%20different%20theories%20concerning,failure%20of%20some%20external%20buttresses. 12 April 2022 The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats
1285 – Regensburg Cathedral is redesigned in Gothic style.16 July 2006 World Heritage Scanned Nomination https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1155.pdf live 12 April 2022 UNESCO World Heritage https://web.archive.org/web/20160104173558/http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1155.pdf 2016-01-04
1289
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.Devotor Mr 2016-02-23 The Tower of Kamyenyets - Charismatic Planet https://www.charismaticplanet.com/the-tower-of-kamyenyets/ 2022-04-12 en-US
Dedication of Santa Maria di Collemaggio on the edge of L'Aquila.Guruge Anura https://books.google.com/books?id=B5JVthemvvwC&dq=santa+maria+di+collemaggio+consecration&pg=PA166 The Next Pope 2010-02-16 Anura Guruge 978-0-615-35372-2 en
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.Histoire de l'Université https://www.umontpellier.fr/universite/histoire-de-luniversite 2022-04-12 Université de Montpellier fr-FR 2022-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220811051540/https://www.umontpellier.fr/universite/histoire-de-luniversite dead
Births
c. 1285 – Agostino da Siena, Italian architect and sculptor (died c. 1347)
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