1100s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1100 – Gloucester Cathedral dedicated as a new Gloucester Abbey church in England, but seriously damaged by a fire in the city in 1102.
• 1102
• Old Cathedral, Salamanca founded.
• Tewkesbury Abbey in England begun.
• 1104 – New basilica at Vézelay Abbey in France dedicated.
• 1105 – The Romanesque Bayeux Cathedral is partially destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of Gothic style reconstructions.
• 1106 – Rebuilt Speyer Cathedral completed.
• 1106–1108 – Gate Church of the Trinity (Pechersk Lavra) in Kiev built.
• 1107
• Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay, Lyon consecrated.
• San Savino, Piacenza, rebuilt.
• 1108 – Southwell Minster in England begun.

Events

• 1103 – Chinese architect and government minister Li Jie publishes his Yingzao Fashi, a technical treatise on Chinese architecture during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song.

Deaths

• 1110 – Li Jie, Chinese architect (born 1065)

References