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Buildings and structures
Buildings
* 1080
** Rebuilding of
Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse begun.
** Construction of
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey (; , formerly also ''Cluni'' or ''Clugny''; ) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to Saint Peter.
The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches ...
III in
France, begun.
* 1081
** Surviving
Chora Church in
Constantinople completed (begun in
1077
Year 1077 ( MLXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Fall – Nikephoros Bryennios (the Elder), governor ('' doux'') of the The ...
).
**
Aljafería Palace in
Zaragoza,
Spain completed (begun in
1065).
** Old
Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the building which survives to the modern day.
* 1082 –
Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the
Almoravid Empire.
* 1083 – Surviving
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The presen ...
in
England begun.
* 1086 –
Shwezigon Pagoda in
Nyaung-U
Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwaddy River. It is just 4 kilometers away ...
completed.
* before 1087 – Construction of the
Church of Christ Pantepoptes in
Constantinople begun.
* 1087
**
White Tower (Tower of London) in England finished (begun in 1078).
**
Basilica di San Nicola in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
, Apulia, begun.
* 1088
** Rebuilding of
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey (; , formerly also ''Cluni'' or ''Clugny''; ) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to Saint Peter.
The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches ...
in
France begun.
**
Eynsford Castle
Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone ''burh'', the castle was constructed by William de Enysford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanf ...
in England built.
* 1089 –
Romanesque stage of
St Albans Cathedral in England completed.
File:Chora Church Constantinople 2007 panorama 002.jpg, Chora Church (1081)
File:Mainzer Dom Ostfassade.jpg, Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081)
File:Aljafería2.JPG, Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081)
File:Grande mosquee Tlemcen (angle).jpg, Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082)
File:EskiImaretCamii20070531 01.jpg, Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087)
File:Tower of London, Traitors Gate.jpg, White Tower of London (1087)
File:St-albans-cath.jpg, St Albans Cathedral (1089)
Births
* c. 1081 –
Abbot Suger
Suger (; la, Sugerius; 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French abbot, statesman, and historian. He once lived at the court of Pope Calixtus II in Maguelonne, France. He later became abbot of St-Denis, and became a close confidant to King Lo ...
(died
1151
Year 1151 ( MCLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* September 7 – Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.
* After the Battle of Ghazni ...
),
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
abbot-statesman and patron of
Gothic architecture.
Deaths
References
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