1170s in architecture

1160s ^. 1170s in architecture ^. 1180s

Architecture timeline

Buildings

• about 1170 - Airavatesvara Temple completed in Darasuram, India (Chola Empire).
• about 1170 - Galilee Chapel added to Durham Cathedral.^[1]
• about 1170–1180 - Construction of St. Faith's Church, Sélestat, Alsace.
• 1170 - San Nicola Bell Tower, Pisa, Italy.
• 1171 - Romanesque building of the Tournai Cathedral, Hainaut consecrated.
• 1171 - Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral began under William of Sens.
• 1171 - Pont d'Avignon begun.
• about 1171 - Castle of Almourol in the Tagus, Portugal, built.
• 1172 - Nur Al-Din Mosque completed in Hama, Syria.
• 1172 - Newcastle Castle in Northern England is rebuilt in stone.
• 1172 - Ikorta church built in Georgia.
• 1173 - Bell Tower of the Basilica di San Zeno completed in Verona, Italy.
• 1173–1178 - First stage of work on campanile of Pisa cathedral in Italy, which becomes the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
• 1174 - Monreale Cathedral begun.
• 1175 - Sainte-Trinité Abbey Church in Lessay begun.
• 1175 - Soissons Cathedral begun.
• 1175–1176 - Wells Cathedral begun.
• 1177 - The Piazza San Marco in Venice assumes its current shape.
• 1177 - Maria Laach Abbey in the Holy Roman Empire completed.
• Sant'Ambrogio, Milan begun.

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  Airavatesvara Temple (1170)

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  San Nicola Bell Tower, Pisa (1170)

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  Durham Cathedral Galilee Chapel (1170-)

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  Tournai Cathedral (1171)

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  Nur Al-Din Mosque, Hama (1172)

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  San Zeno Bell Tower, Verona (1173)

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  Maria Laach Abbey (1177)

References

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