1240s in architecture

Buildings

• 1240 – 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]
• 1241 – Cloister of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome completed.^[2]
• 1242 – Heddal Stave Church in Norway consecrated, built in the first half of the 13th century.^[3][4]
• 1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.^{[citation needed]}
• c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.^[5]
• 1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[6]
• 1247
  • Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, consecrated.^[7]
  • Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.^[8]
  • Start of reconstruction of Bassac Abbey.^[9]
  • Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
• 1248
  • April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.^[10]
  • August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid^[11] by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
• 1249 – Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[12]

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  Great Mosque of Djenné (begun 1240)
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  Cloister of Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome (completed 1241)
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  Peyrepertuse Castle (1242)
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  Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli (1246)
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  Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli (1249)