1080s in architecture

none August 2018 __TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings 1080 Rebuilding of Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse begun. Construction of Cluny Abbey III in France, begun. Circa 1080 The first building of what would become the Château de Picomtal was built. 1081 Surviving Chora Church in Constantinople completed (begun in 1077). Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza, Spain completed (begun in 1065). Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the building which survives to the modern day. 1082 – Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire. 1083 – Surviving Ely Cathedral in England begun.British History in depth: Normans Buildings Gallery https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/norman_buildings_gallery_05.shtml BBC History 23 August 2018 1086 – Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U completed. before 1087 – Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun. 1087 White Tower (Tower of London) in England finished (begun in 1078). Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Apulia, begun. 1088 Rebuilding of Cluny Abbey in France begun. Eynsford Castle in England built. 1089 – Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in England completed. Births c. 1081 – Abbot Suger (died 1151), French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture. References Category:11th-century architecture Architecture