1150s in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 1150
- Murbach Abbey in Alsace completed.
- Tewkesbury Abbey in England completed.
- c. 1150 – Roof lantern of Florence Baptistery constructed.
- c. 1150–1160
- Church of St. Stephen at Marmoutier Abbey, Alsace, constructed.
- Bisaldeo temple in Vigrahapura, Sapadalaksha, constructed.
- 1151
- Anping Bridge in China completed.
- Zamora Cathedral in Spain begun.
- 1152 – Great St. Martin Church, Cologne begun.
- 1153 – Pisa Baptistry in Italy begun by Diotisalvi.
- 1155 – Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, Italy completed. It is one of the best surviving examples of Lombard Romanesque architecture.
- 1156 – In France:
- Senlis Cathedral begun.
- Reconstruction of Château de Chinon begun.
- Mid 12th century – Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France built.
Murbach Abbey (1150)
Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia (1155)
St.-Nectaire church (c. 1150)
Births
Deaths
- January 13, 1151 – Abbot Suger (b. c.1081), French abbot-statesmen and patron of Gothic architecture.
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