1240s in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1240 – Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge.
• 1242 – Heddal Stave Church in Norway consecrated, built in the first half of the 13th century.
• 1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.
• c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.
• 1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.
• 1247
• Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, consecrated.
• Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.
• Start of reconstruction of Bassac Abbey.
• Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
• 1248
• April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.
• August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
• 1249 – Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.

Deaths

• 1245 – c. June: Elias of Dereham, English canon and building designer

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