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Buildings and structures
Buildings
* 1070 –
Nidaros Cathedral
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in
Trondheim,
Norway, begun.
* 1070 – Rebuilding of
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the ...
in
England following a fire.
* 1070 – Rebuilding of
York Minster in England begins.
* 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
Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Constructio ...
in England begins.
* 1075 –
Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in
1045
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Events
* January 20 – Pope Sylvester III becomes the 146th pope, succeeding Benedict IX, who abdicated during the pr ...
).
* 1075 –
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in
Galicia (Spain) begun.
Tympanum dated 1078.
* 1077 –
Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen,
Normandy consecrated.
* 1077 – Current
Bayeux Cathedral
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux ( French: ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux''), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of B ...
, Normandy consecrated.
* 1077 – Construction of
St Albans Cathedral begins in England.
* 1077 – Panchkuta Basadi, originally known as ''Urdhvitilaka'' (glory of the world), one of the
Humcha Jain temples
The Humcha Jain temples or Humcha basadis are a group of temples found in Humcha village of Shimoga district in Karnataka, India. They were constructed in the 7th century CE in the period of the Santara dynasty and are regarded as one of the m ...
in India, built in the style of
Badami Chalukya architecture.
* 1078 – Construction of
Colchester Castle begins in England
under the direction of Bishop
Gundulf of Rochester.
* 1078 (approx.) –
White Tower (Tower of London) begun
under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
* 1079 – Rebuilding of
Winchester Cathedral begun.
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11th-century architecture
Architecture