1140s in architecture

1130s ^. 1140s in architecture ^. 1150s

Architecture timeline

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• About 1140
  • Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano, Republic of Venice completed.
  • Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur, India, completed.
  • Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, and first stone Church of St John the Evangelist, Shobdon, both by members of the Herefordshire School in England, built.
  • Great church of Cîteaux Abbey begun.
• 1143 – In the Kingdom of Sicily
  • Trani Cathedral completed (except the campanile).
  • Mosaic decoration of Cappella Palatina in Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, partly completed.
• 1144: June 11 – Basilica of St Denis near Paris in the Kingdom of France consecrated, the first Gothic church.
• 1145 – Basilica of Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy, consecrated.
• 1147
  • Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca completed.
  • Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in Paris consecrated.
• 1149 – Akebäck Church on Gotland is inaugurated.
• 1149: July 15 – Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem consecrated after reconstruction.[1]
• Probable decade – Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, built.

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  Santi Maria e Donato, Murano (c. 1140)
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  SS Mary and David's Church, Kilpeck (c. 1140)
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  Basilica of St Denis (1144)
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  Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca (1147)
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  Saint Pierre, Montmartre (1147)

Births

• Adela of Champagne, Queen of France
• Alan Fitz Walter, High Steward of Scotland
• Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi, German rabbi

Deaths

References

1. Paul, Nicholas; Yeager, Suzanne (2 April 2012). Remembering the Crusades: Myth, Image, and Identity. JHU Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4214-0425-7.