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Buildings

• 1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
• 1070 – Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral in England following a fire.¹
• 1070 – Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.²
• 1070 – Construction of Dudley Castle in England by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
• 1070 – Construction of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire, England begins.
• 1072 – Construction of Lincoln Cathedral in England begins.³
• 1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
• 1075 – Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) begun. Tympanum dated 1078.
• 1077 – Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Normandy consecrated.
• 1077 – Current Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy consecrated.
• 1077 – Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins in England.⁴
• 1077 – Panchkuta Basadi, originally known as Urdhvitilaka (glory of the world), one of the Humcha Jain temples in India, built in the style of Badami Chalukya architecture.
• 1078 – Construction of Colchester Castle begins in England⁵ under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
• 1078 (approx.) – White Tower (Tower of London) begun⁶ under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
• 1079 – Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begun.⁷

References

1. "The History of Canterbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094938/http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx# ↩

2. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. 0-7126-5616-2 ↩

3. "Lincoln Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080110200058/http://www.lincolncathedral.com/ ↩

4. "St Albans Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20071202034404/http://www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk/index1.htm ↩

5. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. 0-7126-5616-2 ↩

6. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. 0-7126-5616-2 ↩

7. Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3. 978-0-500-20316-3 ↩