1280s in architecture

Buildings and structures

1280
* The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun.
* Durham Cathedral is completed.
* The second Doorwerth Castle, rebuilt of stone, on the Rhine near Arnhem, is again besieged, and this time the bailey is burned down.
* At the site of present-day Sheffield Cathedral in England, a second parish church is completed, but is mostly demolished and rebuilt about 1430 on a cruciform floor plan.
* Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is begun.
* Cressing Temple Wheat Barn in eastern England erected by about this date.
1281 – The Basilica de Sant Francesc is built in Palma, Majorca, on a site where the Moors made soap.
1282
* In Naples, Italy, original construction of Castel Nuovo is completed ; it has been expanded or renovated several times since.
* Albi Cathedral in Languedoc is begun.
1283 – Construction of Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles in Gwynedd, North Wales, is begun by King Edward I of England.
1284 – Construction of Beauvais Cathedral is interrupted by a partial collapse of the choir.
1285 – Regensburg Cathedral is redesigned in Gothic style.
1289
* Construction of Conwy Castle, ordered by King Edward I of England, is completed in North Wales.
* Construction of the Belaya Vezha tower in Belarus is completed.
* Dedication of Santa Maria di Collemaggio on the edge of L'Aquila.
* Pope Nicholas IV formally constitutes the University of Montpellier in France by papal bull, combining various existing schools under the mantle of a single university.