1150s in architecture
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- c. 1150
- Roof lantern of Florence Baptistery constructed.[1]
- Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France built.
- Fantoft Stave Church built at Fortun in Norway.
- St Mary's parish church, Cholsey, England, substantially constructed.[2]
- c. 1150â1160
- Church of St. Stephen at Marmoutier Abbey, Alsace, constructed.
- Bisaldeo temple in Vigrahapura, Sapadalaksha, constructed.
- 1151
- Anping Bridge in China completed.
- Restoration of St. George's Basilica, Prague, with twin towers, completed following siege damage in 1142.
- Zamora Cathedral in Spain begun.
- 1152 â Great St. Martin Church, Cologne begun.
- 1153 â Pisa Baptistry in Italy begun by Diotisalvi.
- 1155 â Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, Italy completed. It is one of the best surviving examples of Lombard Romanesque architecture.
- 1156 â In France:
- Senlis Cathedral begun.
- Reconstruction of Château de Chinon begun.
- Murbach Abbey (1150)
- Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia (1155)
- St.-Nectaire church (c. 1150)
Deaths
- January 13, 1151 â Abbot Suger (b. c.1081), French abbot-statesmen and patron of Gothic architecture.