11th century in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1001
  • The Cathedral of Ani is built in Armenia.
  • St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim begun.
• 1002 – Brihadishwara Temple of Thanjavur, India (Chola Empire) begun.
• 1008 – Rebuilt Torcello Cathedral in the Veneto consecrated.
• 1009 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou in Catalonia consecrated.
• By c. 1010 – Church of the Saviour at Berestove built.
• 1011 – San Vittore alle Chiuse in Genga, Papal States built.
• c. 1012 – Katholikon of Hosios Loukas built in Byzantine Greece.
• 1013
  • Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, Fatimid Empire built (begun in 990).
  • San Miniato al Monte begun in Florence, Italy (work went on until the 13th century).
• 1016 – San Michele in Borgo in Pisa, Tuscany built.
• c. 1017 – Hōjōji (法成寺) built in Heian-kyō, Japan.
• 1021 – Church of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Holy Roman Empire built (begun c. 997).
• 1022 – Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia consecrated.
• c. 1023 – Romanesque church at Mont-Saint-Michel founded.
• c. 1025 – City of Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded as a capital of the Chola Empire.
• 1026 – Pomposa Abbey near Ferrara, Italy, completed (except the campanile finished in 1063).
• 1029 – Construction of Sant Vicenç de Cardonia, Catalonia begun.
• 1030 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, initiated by Emperor Konrad II.
• 1032 – Santa Maria de Ripoll, Catalonia is consecrated.
• 1033 – St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire, completed and consecrated.
• 1036 – Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem restored and renovated by the Fatimid caliph after an earthquake in 1033.
• 1037
  • Chartres Cathedral in France consecrated for the fifth time (subsequently rebuilt).
  • St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv founded.
• 1040
  • Sant Vicenç de Cardona, Catalonia is completed.
  • Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Jumièges in Normandy begins.
  • Construction of the third Würzburg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire begins.
• 1045 – Lingxiao Pagoda (凌霄塔) in Zhengding, China is completed.
• 1047 – Reconstruction of St Mark's Basilica in Venice begins.
• 1049
  • Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica in France is consecrated
  • Iron Pagoda (鐵塔) of Bianjing, China is completed.
  • Abbey Church of Ottmarsheim, Alsace is consecrated.
• c. 1050
  • West Mebon built in Angkor.
  • Rajarani Temple built in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  • Construction of Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, begins.
• 1050
  • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay in Normandy completed.
  • Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins.
• 1053
  • Varadharaja Perumal Temple of Kanchipuram in India (Chola Empire) built.
  • Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in in Heian-kyō, Japan built.
• 1055 – Liaodi Pagoda (料敵塔), Hebei, China is completed
• 1056 – Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (佛宫寺释迦塔), Shanxi, China is completed
• 1057
  • Church of Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre, Navarra consecrated.
  • Near Caves (Pechersk Lavra) founded.
• 1059 – Abbaye aux Dames, Caen founded.
• c. 1060
  • Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.
  • Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.
• 1061 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, completed.
• 1062 – Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy begun.
• 1063
  • Rebuilding of Doge's Palace, Venice begun.
  • Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain, Spain consecrated.
• c. 1063 – Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy founded.
• 1064
  • Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun.
  • Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany begun.
• 1065 – Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne consecrated.
• 1067
  • Abbey of Jumièges, Normandy consecrated.
  • First of the Kharraqan towers built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
  • Sankt Gereon, Cologne begun.
• 1068 – Warwick Castle established as a motte-and-bailey fortification by William I of England.
• 1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
• 1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
• 1075 – Pilgrimage Church of St James, Santiago de Compostela begun.
• 1076 – Abbey of Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in the Languedoc completed.
• 1077
  • Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France consecrated.
  • Current Bayeux Cathedral, France consecrated.
• 1078 – White Tower (Tower of London) in England begun.
• c. 1078 – Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany, completed.
• 1080 – Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.
• 1081
  • Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople (begun in 1077).
  • Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the current building.
  • Aljafería Palace built in Zaragoza, Spain (begun in 1065).
• 1082 – Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire.
• 1083 – Present Ely Cathedral in the east of England begun.
• 1086–87 – South dome of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan in Seljuq dynasty Persia, the world's largest dome at this time.
• By 1087 – Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun.
• 1087
  • White Tower (Tower of London) (begun in 1078) probably largely completed.
  • San Nicola di Bari begun.
• 1088
  • Rebuilding of great church at Cluny Abbey in France ("Cluny III") begun.
  • Eynsford Castle built in England.
• 1089 – Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in England completed.
• c. 1090 – Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe in Poitou completed (begun c. 1040).
• 1091
  • Cairo Fatimid city wall built (begun in 1087).
  • Ananda Temple built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom capital.
• 1093
  • Second of the Kharraqan towers mausoleums built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
  • Maria Laach Abbey in the Rhineland begun.
  • Durham Cathedral founded in the north of England.
• 1094
  • 40-foot-tall water-powered astronomical clocktower in Song dynasty's capital Bianjing designed by Su Song completed.
  • San Juan de la Peña Monastery in Aragon consecrated.
  • St Mark's Basilica in Venice consecrated.
• c. 1094 – Battle Abbey in England consecrated.
• 1095 – Sant'Abbondio, Como consecrated.
• 1096
  • St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse consecrated.
  • Norwich Cathedral begun in eastern England.
• 1097
  • Construction of the original stage of the Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou, Song dynasty.
  • Djamaa el Kebir mosque of Algiers built in Almoravid Algeria.^[1]
• 1098 – Trani Cathedral begun.
• 1099 – Modena Cathedral begun.
• By c. 1099 – Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha, largely completed.

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  Cathedral of Ani (1001)
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  Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur (1002)
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  Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (1009)
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  San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga (1011)
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  Katholikon, Hosios Loukas (1012)
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  Al-Hakim Mosque, Cairo (1013)
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  San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1013)
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  San Michele in Borgo, Pisa (1016)
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  Quedlinburg Abbey (1021)
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  Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1022)
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  Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram (1025)
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  Pomposa Abbey (1026)
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  Santa Maria de Ripoll (1032)
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  St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1033)
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  The Lingxiao Pagoda of Zhengding (1045)
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  Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica (1049)
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  The Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng (1049)
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  Ottmarsheim Abbey Church (1049)
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  West Mebon, Angkor (c. 1050)
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  Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, Kyōto (1053)
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  The Liaodi Pagoda of Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou (1055)
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  Pagoda of Fogong Temple (1056)
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  Monastery of San Salvador Church, Leyre (1057)
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  Baphuon of Yasodharapura (c. 1060)
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  Speyer Cathedral (1061)
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  Basilica of San Isidoro, León (1063)
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  Abbey of Lessay
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  Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne (1065)
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  Abbey of Jumièges (1067)
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  Würzburg Cathedral (1075)
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  Abbaye-aux-Hommes (1077)
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  Chora Church (1081)
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  Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081)
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  Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081)
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  Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082)
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  Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087)
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  White Tower of London (1087)
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  St Albans Cathedral (1089)
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  Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (1090)
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  Ananda Temple, Bagan (1091)
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  Kharaghan Towers (mausoleums) of Qazvin (1093)
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  Su Song's astronomical clocktower in Bianjing (1094)
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  Chevet of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse (1095)
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  Basilica of Sant'Abbondio (1095)
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  Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Guangzhou (1097)

Births

• c. 1081 - Abbot Suger (died 1151), French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture.

Deaths

• 1020 - Trdat the Architect (born c. 940s), Armenian

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