1280s in architecture explained

1270s . 1280s in architecture . 1290s
other events: 1280s . Architecture timeline

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1280
  • The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun (completed in 1350).
  • Durham Cathedral (in Durham, England) is completed (begun in 1093).
  • The second Doorwerth Castle, rebuilt of stone, on the Rhine near Arnhem, is again besieged, and this time the bailey is burned down.
  • At the site of present-day Sheffield Cathedral in England, a second parish church is completed, but is mostly demolished and rebuilt about 1430 on a cruciform floor plan.^[1]
  • Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is begun.
  • Cressing Temple Wheat Barn in eastern England erected by about this date.^[2]
• 1281 – The Basilica de Sant Francesc is built in Palma, Majorca, on a site where the Moors made soap.
• 1282
  • In Naples, Italy, original construction of Castel Nuovo (Italian: "New Castle") is completed (begun in 1279); it has been expanded or renovated several times since.^[3]
  • Albi Cathedral in Languedoc is begun.^[4]
• 1283 – Construction of Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles in Gwynedd, North Wales, is begun by King Edward I of England.
• 1284 – Construction of Beauvais Cathedral is interrupted by a partial collapse of the choir.^[5]
• 1285 – Regensburg Cathedral is redesigned in Gothic style.^[6]
• 1289
  • Construction of Conwy Castle, ordered by King Edward I of England, is completed in North Wales.
  • Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.^[7]
  • Dedication of Santa Maria di Collemaggio on the edge of L'Aquila.^[8]
  • Pope Nicholas IV formally constitutes the University of Montpellier in France by papal bull, combining various existing schools under the mantle of a single university.^[9]

Births

• c. 1285 – Agostino da Siena, Italian architect and sculptor (died c. 1347)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cathedral Timeline . 2022-04-12 . Sheffield Cathedral . en-GB.
2. Web site: THE WHEAT BARN, 35 METRES NORTH EAST OF CRESSING TEMPLE FARMHOUSE, Cressing - 1123866 Historic England . 2022-04-12 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
3. Web site: Vincenzo . 2019-02-12 . Castel Nuovo: History and Secrets of a Medieval Fortress . 2022-04-12 . Leisure Italy . en-GB.
4. Book: Sutton, Ian. Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London. Thames & Hudson. 1999. 978-0-500-20316-3. registration.
5. Web site: Hong . Seong-Woo . 2004 . The Analysis on the Collapse of the Tallest Gothic Cathedral . 12 April 2022 . The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats.
6. Web site: 16 July 2006 . World Heritage Scanned Nomination . live . 12 April 2022 . UNESCO World Heritage. https://web.archive.org/web/20160104173558/http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1155.pdf . 2016-01-04 .
7. Web site: Devotor . Mr . 2016-02-23 . The Tower of Kamyenyets - Charismatic Planet . 2022-04-12 . en-US.
8. Book: Guruge, Anura . The Next Pope . 2010-02-16 . Anura Guruge . 978-0-615-35372-2 . en.
9. Web site: Histoire de l'Université . 2022-04-12 . Université de Montpellier . fr-FR . 2022-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811051540/https://www.umontpellier.fr/universite/histoire-de-luniversite . dead .