1240s in architecture

	1230s . 1240s in architecture . 1250s
	Architecture timeline

Buildings and structures

Buildings

1240
- Construction of the Great Mosque of Djenné ordered in Mali.
- Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge.[1]
c. 1240–1250 – Heddal Stave Church in Norway built.
1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.
c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.[2]
1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.[3]
1247
- Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, consecrated.
- Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.
- Start of reconstruction of Bassac Abbey.
- Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
1248
- April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.[4]
- August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid[5] by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
1249 – Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.[6]

Great Mosque of Djenné (begun 1240)
Peyrepertuse Castle (1242)
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli (1246)
Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli (1249)

Births

Deaths

1245 – c. June: Elias of Dereham, English canon and building designer

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References

David Abulafia (1992) Frederick II: a medieval emperor pp 288. Oxford University Press US ISBN 0-19-508040-8
Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
Evans, Kirsti (1997). Epic narratives in the Hoysaḷa temples: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura. Brill. p. 258. ISBN 90-04-10575-1.
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. "The Ste Chapelle (Paris-Buildings)". Grove Encyclopedia of Art.
John Henry Parker (1846) A companion to the fourth ed. of A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture pp 89. J.H. Parker
Madhusudan A. Dhaky (1977) The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture pp 20. Abhinav Publications ISBN 81-7017-065-6

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[1] David Abulafia (1992) Frederick II: a medieval emperor pp 288. Oxford University Press US ISBN 0-19-508040-8

[2] Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.

[3] Evans, Kirsti (1997). Epic narratives in the Hoysaḷa temples: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura. Brill. p. 258. ISBN 90-04-10575-1.

[4] Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. "The Ste Chapelle (Paris-Buildings)". Grove Encyclopedia of Art.

[5] John Henry Parker (1846) A companion to the fourth ed. of A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture pp 89. J.H. Parker

[6] Madhusudan A. Dhaky (1977) The Indian temple forms in Karṇātạ inscriptions and architecture pp 20. Abhinav Publications ISBN 81-7017-065-6