1280s in architecture
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings
[edit]
- 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.[1]
- Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is begun.
- Cressing Temple Wheat Barn in eastern England erected by about this date.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Albi Cathedral in Languedoc is begun.[4]
- 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.[5]
- 1285 – Regensburg Cathedral is redesigned in Gothic style.[6]
- 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.[7]
- Dedication of Santa Maria di Collemaggio on the edge of L'Aquila.[8]
- 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.[9]
Births
[edit]- c. 1285 – Agostino da Siena, Italian architect and sculptor (died c. 1347)
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Cathedral Timeline". Sheffield Cathedral. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ "THE WHEAT BARN, 35 METRES NORTH EAST OF CRESSING TEMPLE FARMHOUSE, Cressing - 1123866 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Vincenzo (2019-02-12). "Castel Nuovo: History and Secrets of a Medieval Fortress". Leisure Italy. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
- ↑ Hong, Seong-Woo (2004). "The Analysis on the Collapse of the Tallest Gothic Cathedral" (PDF). The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "World Heritage Scanned Nomination" (PDF). UNESCO World Heritage. 16 July 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ Devotor, Mr (2016-02-23). "The Tower of Kamyenyets - Charismatic Planet". Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Guruge, Anura (2010-02-16). The Next Pope. Anura Guruge. ISBN 978-0-615-35372-2.
- ↑ "Histoire de l'Université". Université de Montpellier (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2022-04-12.