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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li>c. 1250 <ul><li>Western towers and north rose window of <a href="/facts/Notre_Dame_de_Paris/kXmsoDMz">Notre Dame de Paris</a> in the <a href="/facts/France_in_the_Middle_Ages/3trzjuzL">Kingdom of France</a> are built.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hexham_Abbey/ybqz5cQ9">Hexham Abbey</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a> completed (begun c. <a href="/facts/1170s_in_architecture/NWnHojbF">1170</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Konark_Sun_Temple/uAc5u4pg">Konark Sun Temple</a> in <a href="/facts/Odisha/ofAWpAgu">Odisha</a> built.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>1250 <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ch%25C3%25A2teau_de_Spesbourg/XGp6rSAU">Château de Spesbourg</a>, <a href="/facts/Holy_Roman_Empire/6mdobnXN">Holy Roman Empire</a> built.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ponts_Couverts%2c_Strasbourg/cAPUpsyC">Ponts Couverts, Strasbourg</a>, opened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>1252 – Church of <a href="/facts/Alcoba%25C3%25A7a_Monastery/xmJBS6ad">Alcobaça Monastery</a> in Portugal completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>c. 1252 – The <a href="/facts/Franciscans/gwohhd4C">Franciscan</a> <a href="/facts/Abbey/AWbEHRgm">abbey</a> of <a href="/facts/Claregalway_Friary/Y0z74orG">Claregalway Friary</a>, in <a href="/facts/Claregalway/MW1lfXMT">Claregalway</a>, <a href="/facts/County_Galway/pRPYJqvI">County Galway</a>, <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a> is commissioned by <a href="/facts/Normans/nUclGJWf">Norman</a> knight John de Cogan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>1253 – Construction of the upper <a href="/facts/Basilica_of_San_Francesco_d%2527Assisi/KgonYMjU">Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi</a> in <a href="/facts/Assisi/3El8WhK1">Assisi</a>, designed by Elia Bombardone, is completed.</li> <li>1255 – New Gothic choir of the <a href="/facts/Tournai_Cathedral/y05pUbjA">Tournai Cathedral</a> in the <a href="/facts/France_in_the_Middle_Ages/3trzjuzL">Kingdom of France</a> built.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>1256 – Construction of <a href="/facts/Hermann_Castle/f5vYBTjh">Hermann Castle</a> in present-day <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> is started.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>1257 – Construction of the <a href="/facts/Basilica_di_Santa_Chiara/1hKeMIQF">Basilica di Santa Chiara</a> in <a href="/facts/Assisi/3El8WhK1">Assisi</a> begun.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>1258 – The main body of the <a href="/facts/Salisbury_Cathedral/bFA4qjzk">Salisbury Cathedral</a> (begun in <a href="/facts/1220s_in_architecture/bkJ2rgI0">1220</a>) in <a href="/facts/Salisbury%2c_United_Kingdom/NJoAdBsG">Salisbury</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, is completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>c. 1250 <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Pisano/2xhKwIhM">Giovanni Pisano</a>, Italian sculptor, painter, and architect (d. c. <a href="/facts/1310s_in_architecture/a4mLU4Rm">1315</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><i>none listed</i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Chelles, Jean de; DigitalGeorgetown (1981). "Notre Dame Cathedral North Rose Window". DigitalGeorgetown. Retrieved 2022-04-11. <a href="https://repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/554233" target="_blank">https://repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/554233</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Konark | India | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Konark" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/place/Konark</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Castles and Monuments of the Northern Part of the Alsatian Wineroad of the Lower-Rhine (67)". 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2022-04-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080914033357/http://www.alsace-route-des-vins.com/NewVersion/index.cfm?fuseaction=AutrePage.Home&ID=24&Language=En" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080914033357/http://www.alsace-route-des-vins.com/NewVersion/index.cfm?fuseaction=AutrePage.Home&ID=24&Language=En</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Ponts couverts (Strasbourg, 1250)". Structurae (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-11. <a href="https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/ponts-couverts" target="_blank">https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/ponts-couverts</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Alcobaça Monastery | Alcobaça | Portugal | AFAR". www.afar.com. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2022-04-12. <a href="https://www.afar.com/places/alcobaca-monastery-alcobaca" target="_blank">https://www.afar.com/places/alcobaca-monastery-alcobaca</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Claregalway Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". Retrieved 2022-04-11. <a href="http://monastic.ie/history/claregalway-franciscan-friary/" target="_blank">http://monastic.ie/history/claregalway-franciscan-friary/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Tournai Cathedral (Belgium) No 1009". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. 6 July 1999. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 11 April 2022. <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/document/151523" target="_blank">https://whc.unesco.org/document/151523</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Grooss, Poul (2017). The Naval War in the Baltic 1939 -1945. Seaforth Publishing. p. 207. ISBN 9781526700032. <a href="9781526700032" target="_blank">9781526700032</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>cie, G. Massiot &. "Church and Convent of Santa Chiara: Overall view of facade with flying buttress". curate.nd.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-12. <a href="https://curate.nd.edu/show/rv042r39x1v" target="_blank">https://curate.nd.edu/show/rv042r39x1v</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Engineering Timelines - Salisbury Cathedral spire". www.engineering-timelines.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12. <a href="http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=113#:~:text=Salisbury%20Cathedral%20was%20built%20between,was%20constructed%20a%20little%20later." target="_blank">http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=113#:~:text=Salisbury%20Cathedral%20was%20built%20between,was%20constructed%20a%20little%20later.</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Giovanni Pisano | Italian sculptor | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pisano" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pisano</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>