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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li>about 1180 <ul><li>Reconstruction of the nave and transept of <a href="/facts/St._Sernin%2527s_Basilica%2c_Toulouse/waxCzs21">St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a> completed.</li> <li>Reconstruction of <a href="/facts/St._Faith%2527s_Church%2c_S%25C3%25A9lestat/M0HIgRdm">St. Faith's Church, Sélestat</a>, <a href="/facts/Alsace/MSXIp87H">Alsace</a> completed.</li> <li>Construction of <a href="/facts/Borgund_Stave_Church/ub38vyq5">Borgund Stave Church</a>, Norway, begun.</li> <li><a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A4rl%25C3%25B6v_Church/2uE6k40D">Färlöv Church</a>, Sweden, built.</li> <li>Moyse's Hall, <a href="/facts/Bury_St_Edmunds/mfI8pgg1">Bury St Edmunds</a>, England, built.</li></ul></li> <li>1181 – <a href="/facts/Worms_Cathedral/X18rP7va">Worms Cathedral</a> in <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a> mostly finished.</li> <li>1183 – Cathedral of <a href="/facts/Monreale/D3QFCo3o">Monreale</a>, <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Sicily/AuymVu1X">Sicily</a>, built.</li> <li>1184 – <a href="/facts/Modena_Cathedral/EY24IlsU">Modena Cathedral</a> consecrated.</li> <li>by about 1185 – Construction of <a href="/facts/Christ_Church_Cathedral%2c_Oxford/gG9D7M15">Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford</a>, England as the church of the <a href="/facts/Priory_of_St_Frideswide%2c_Oxford/xGTNq1HI">Priory of St Frideswide</a> substantially completed.</li> <li>1185 <ul><li>Reconstruction of <a href="/facts/Basle_Cathedral/stGtf1Hx">Basle Cathedral</a> begins.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Temple_Church/7RXYY9o1">Temple Church</a> in London dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pont_Saint-B%25C3%25A9nezet/A3AIdCgq">Pont Saint-Bénezet</a>, a bridge in <a href="/facts/Avignon/GvHv2S3a">Avignon</a>, in southern France, completed.</li></ul></li> <li>1189 – Rebuilding of <a href="/facts/Zhengding/frWB44M8">Chengling Pagoda</a> (澄灵塔) of Zhengding in <a href="/facts/Jin_dynasty_(1115%25E2%2580%25931234)/yv1tvwzk">Jin dynasty</a> China is completed (begun 1161).</li> <li>1186 – <a href="/facts/Ta_Prohm/0cBxe20j">Ta Prohm</a> temple built in <a href="/facts/Angkor/3K1HuI4Q">Angkor</a>.</li> <li>1188 <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ourense_Cathedral/vG6k1czV">Ourense Cathedral</a> in <a href="/facts/Galicia_(Spain)/9gQqlueg">Galicia (Spain)</a> consecrated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Portsmouth_Cathedral/EkzGbGAG">Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth</a>, England, consecrated.</li></ul></li> <li>Main period of work on <a href="/facts/Dover_Castle/wcH7sxs7">Dover Castle</a> in England.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>New circular <a href="/facts/Keep/W4K2W4HM">keep</a> of <a href="/facts/Conisbrough_Castle/VzAxwayq">Conisbrough Castle</a> in Yorkshire, England, built by <a href="/facts/Hamelin_de_Warenne%2c_Earl_of_Surrey/T5rdHNPg">Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey</a>.</li> <li>Reconstruction of <a href="/facts/Chichester_Cathedral/Y4S0Rw9a">Chichester Cathedral</a> in England begins.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"History of Dover Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 2022-04-05. <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/history-dover/" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/history-dover/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>