1080s in architecture

<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2>
<h3>Buildings</h3>
<ul><li>1080
<ul><li>Rebuilding of <a href="/facts/Basilica_of_St._Sernin%2c_Toulouse/waxCzs21">Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse</a> begun.</li>
<li>Construction of <a href="/facts/Cluny_Abbey/cpeFc9DR">Cluny Abbey</a> III in <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, begun.</li></ul></li>
<li>1081
<ul><li>Surviving <a href="/facts/Chora_Church/arRDxqJt">Chora Church</a> in <a href="/facts/Constantinople/fLcY371n">Constantinople</a> completed (begun in <a href="/facts/1070s_in_architecture/YfAlkX3c">1077</a>).</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Aljafer%25C3%25ADa/KABjKLS2">Aljafería</a> Palace in <a href="/facts/Zaragoza/HD8Jl4rQ">Zaragoza</a>, <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a> completed (begun in <a href="/facts/1060s_in_architecture/trMlE1HS">1065</a>).</li>
<li>Old <a href="/facts/Mainz_Cathedral/lp5czR11">Mainz Cathedral</a> destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the building which survives to the modern day.</li></ul></li>
<li>1082 – <a href="/facts/Great_Mosque_of_Tlemcen/JBDh4tFB">Great Mosque of Tlemcen</a> built in the <a href="/facts/Almoravid_dynasty/vkyHTAak">Almoravid Empire</a>.</li>
<li>1083 – Surviving <a href="/facts/Ely_Cathedral/tPU0MKrz">Ely Cathedral</a> in <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a> begun.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li>1086 – <a href="/facts/Shwezigon_Pagoda/l0fzxURj">Shwezigon Pagoda</a> in <a href="/facts/Nyaung-U/s7waSvKX">Nyaung-U</a> completed.</li>
<li>before 1087 – Construction of the <a href="/facts/Eski_Imaret_Mosque/Ju3v4ea5">Church of Christ Pantepoptes</a> in <a href="/facts/Constantinople/fLcY371n">Constantinople</a> begun.</li>
<li>1087
<ul><li><a href="/facts/White_Tower_(Tower_of_London)/4A4FL6jn">White Tower (Tower of London)</a> in England finished (begun in 1078).</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Basilica_di_San_Nicola/RABuNUX7">Basilica di San Nicola</a> in <a href="/facts/Bari/02SJdmha">Bari</a>, Apulia, begun.</li></ul></li>
<li>1088
<ul><li>Rebuilding of <a href="/facts/Cluny_Abbey/cpeFc9DR">Cluny Abbey</a> in <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a> begun.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Eynsford_Castle/e2mThQHT">Eynsford Castle</a> in England built.</li></ul></li>
<li>1089 – <a href="/facts/Romanesque_architecture/Um0RoAhL">Romanesque</a> stage of <a href="/facts/St_Albans_Cathedral/S6gqKzQy">St Albans Cathedral</a> in England completed.</li></ul>

<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li>c. 1081 – <a href="/facts/Abbot_Suger/YHbpDFKh">Abbot Suger</a> (died <a href="/facts/1150s_in_architecture/fDqoqsKv">1151</a>), <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">French</a> abbot-statesman and patron of <a href="/facts/Gothic_architecture/uhvWpQ2r">Gothic architecture</a>.</li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"British History in depth: Normans Buildings Gallery". BBC History. Retrieved 23 August 2018. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/norman_buildings_gallery_05.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/norman_buildings_gallery_05.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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