1090s in architecture
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| 1080s 1080s in architecture -Buildings:* 1080 - Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.* 1080 - Construction of Cluny III in France, begun.* 1081 - Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople .... . 1090s in architecture . 1100s 1100s in architecture -Buildings:* 1102 - Salamanca Old Cathedral founded.* 1105 - The Romanesque Cathedral of Bayeux is partially destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of Gothic-style reconstructions* 1106 - Saint-Bénigne, Dijon consecrated.... |
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- about 1090 – Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-GartempeAbbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-GartempeThe Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe is located in Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, in Poitou, France.-Description:The Romanesque church was begun in the mid 11th century and contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals which are still in a remarkable state of preservation...
completed (begun about 1040). - 1091 – CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
FatimidFatimidThe Fatimid Islamic Caliphate or al-Fāṭimiyyūn was a Berber Shia Muslim caliphate first centered in Tunisia and later in Egypt that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Sudan, Sicily, the Levant, and Hijaz from 5 January 909 to 1171.The caliphate was ruled by the Fatimids, who established the...
city wallGates of CairoThe Gates of Cairo, Bābs al-Cairo, were gates at portals in the city walls of medieval Islamic Cairo, within the present day city of Cairo, Egypt....
built (begun in 1087). - 1091 – Ananda TempleAnanda TempleThe Ananda Temple , located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty. It is one of four surviving temples in Bagan...
built in BaganBaganBagan , formerly Pagan, is an ancient city in the Mandalay Region of Burma. Formally titled Arimaddanapura or Arimaddana and also known as Tambadipa or Tassadessa , it was the capital of several ancient kingdoms in Burma...
, Pagan KingdomPagan KingdomThe Pagan Kingdom or Pagan Dynasty was the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute the modern-day Burma...
capital. - 1093 – Second of the Kharraqan towers mausoleums built in QazvinQazvinQazvin is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 349,821, in 96,420 families....
, Seljukid IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - 1093 – Maria-Laach Abbey begun.
- 1093 – Durham CathedralDurham CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
founded. - 1093 – Ely CathedralEly CathedralEly Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
founded. - 1094 – 40-foot-tall water-powered astronomical clocktower in Song China's capital Bianjing designed by Su SongSu SongSu Song was a renowned Chinese polymath who specialized himself as a statesman, astronomer, cartographer, horologist, pharmacologist, mineralogist, zoologist, botanist, mechanical and architectural engineer, poet, antiquarian, and ambassador of the Song Dynasty .Su Song was the engineer of a...
completed. - 1094 – San Juan de la PeñaSan Juan de la PeñaThe monastery of San Juan de la Peña is a religious complex in the town of Santa Cruz de la Serós, at the south-west of Jaca, in the province of Huesca, Spain. It was one of the most important monasteries in Aragon in the Middle Ages. Its two-level church is partially carved in the stone of the...
Monastery consecrated. - About 1094 – Battle AbbeyBattle AbbeyBattle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St...
consecrated. - 1095 – Sant'Abbondio, ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
consecrated. - 1096 – St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse consecrated.
- 1096 – Norwich CathedralNorwich CathedralNorwich Cathedral is a cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Formerly a Catholic church, it has belonged to the Church of England since the English Reformation....
begun. - 1097 – Construction of the original stage of the Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan TreesTemple of the Six Banyan TreesThe Temple of the Six Banyan Trees is an ancient Buddhist temple originally built in 537 in the Liang Dynasty in Guangzhou, southern China....
in GuangzhouGuangzhouGuangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, Song China. - 1097 – Great MosqueGreat Mosque of AlgiersThe Great Mosque of Algiers or “Djama’a al-Kebir” is a mosque in Algiers, Algeria, located very close to Algiers Harbor. An inscription on the minbar منبر) or the pulpit testifies to fact that the mosque was built in 1097. It is also known by several other names such as Grand Mosque d'Alger,...
of AlgiersAlgiers' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
built in Almoravid AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. - 1098 – Trani Cathedral begun.
- 1099 – Modena Cathedral begun.