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.
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