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1150s In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * c. 1150 ** Roof lantern of Florence Baptistery constructed. ** Romanesque church of Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme, France built. ** Fantoft Stave Church built at Fortun in Norway. ** St Mary's parish church, Cholsey, England, substantially constructed.Pevsner Architectural Guides. * c. 1150–1160 ** Church of St. Stephen at Marmoutier Abbey, Alsace, constructed. ** Bisaldeo temple in Vigrahapura, Sapadalaksha, constructed. * 1151 ** Anping Bridge in China completed. ** Restoration of St. George's Basilica, Prague, with twin towers, completed following siege damage in 1142. ** Zamora Cathedral in Spain begun. * 1152 – Great St. Martin Church, Cologne begun. * 1153 – Pisa Baptistry in Italy begun by Diotisalvi. * 1155 – Basilica of San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, Italy completed. It is one of the best surviving examples of Lombard Romanesque architecture. * 1156 – In France: ** Senlis Cathedral begun. ** Reconstruction of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1140s In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * About 1140 ** Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano, Republic of Venice completed. ** Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur, India, completed. ** Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, and first stone Church of St John the Evangelist, Shobdon, both by members of the Herefordshire School in England, built. ** Great church of Cîteaux Abbey begun. * 1143 – In the Kingdom of Sicily ** Trani Cathedral completed (except the campanile). ** Mosaic decoration of Cappella Palatina in Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, partly completed. * 1144: June 11 – Basilica of St Denis near Paris in the Kingdom of France consecrated, the first Gothic church. * 1145 – Basilica of Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy, consecrated. * 1147 ** Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca completed. ** Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in Paris consecrated. * 1149 – Akebäck Church on Gotland is inaugurated. * 1149: July 15 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapadalaksha
The Chahamanas of Shakambhari (IAST: Cāhamāna), colloquially known as the Chauhans of Sambhar or Chauhans of Ajmer, were an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Rajasthan and neighbouring areas in India, between the 6th and 12th centuries. The territory ruled by them was known as Sapadalaksha. They were the most prominent ruling family of the Chahamana (Chauhan) Rajput clan. The Chahamanas originally had their capital at Shakambhari (present-day Sambhar Lake Town). Until the 10th century, they ruled as Pratihara vassals. When the Pratihara power declined after the Tripartite Struggle, the Chahamana ruler Simharaja assumed the title Maharajadhiraja. In the early 12th century, Ajayaraja II moved the kingdom's capital to Ajayameru (modern Ajmer). For this reason, the Chahamana rulers are also known as the "Chauhans of Ajmer". The Chahamanas fought several wars with their neighbours, including the Chaulukyas of Gujarat, the Tomaras of Delhi, the Paramaras of Malwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France. The style at the time was sometimes known as ''opus Francigenum'' (lit. French work); the term ''Gothic'' was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the architecture of classical antiquity. The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained glass windows. At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 1144, draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1080s In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * 1080 ** Rebuilding of Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse begun. ** Construction of Cluny Abbey III in France, begun. * 1081 ** Surviving Chora Church in Constantinople completed (begun in 1077). ** 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 in England begun. * 1086 – Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U 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, Apulia, begun. * 1088 ** Rebuilding of Cluny Abbey in France begun. ** Eynsford Castle in England built. * 1089 – Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Louis VII, even becoming his regent when the king left for the Second Crusade. Together with the king, he played a part in the centralization in the growing French Kingdom. He authored writings on abbey construction and was one of the earliest patrons of Gothic architecture and is seen as widely credited with popularizing the style. Life Suger's family origins are unknown. Several times in his writings he suggests that his was a humble background, though this may just be a topos or convention of autobiographical writing. In 1091, at the age of ten, Suger was given as an oblate to the abbey of St. Denis, where he began his education. He trained at the priory of Saint-Denis de l'Estrée, and there first met the future king Louis VI of Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Chinon
Château de Chinon is a castle located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou. In 1156 Henry II of England, a member of the House of Anjou, took the castle from his brother Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, after Geoffrey rebelled for a second time. Henry favoured the Château de Chinon as a residence. Most of the standing structure can be attributed to his reign; he died there in 1189. Early in the 13th century, King Philip II of France harassed the English lands in France, and in 1205 he captured Chinon after a siege that lasted several months. Thereafter, the castle remained under French control. When King Philip IV accused the Knights Templar of heresy during the first decade of the 14th century, several leading members of the order were imprisoned there. Used as a residence by Charles VII in the 15th century, the Châte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senlis Cathedral
Senlis Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Senlis) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Senlis, Oise, France. It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Senlis, abolished under the Concordat of 1801, when its territory was passed to the Diocese of Beauvais. Notre-Dame Cathedral was built, for the most part, during the third quarter of the 12th century, when the royal city of Senlis was experiencing a true "golden age". It was profoundly renovated in the 13th and 16th centuries. With its portal of the crowning of the Virgin (12th century), its monumental 78 meter south tower (13th century) and transept facades all masterpieces of the high and late Gothic, Notre Dame de Senlis takes its place among the most noticeable cathedrals in France. This is better demonstrated as the cathedral of Senlis was included in the first list of historical monuments in 1840. History The construction of the first cathedral is located at the end of the 4th or the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Michele Maggiore, Pavia
The Basilica of San Michele Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy. The building, dating to the 11-12th centuries, is a well-preserved example of the Lombard- Romanesque style. History Archeological evidence, such as Ostrogoth silverware found at the site in 1968, suggests the site may have housed a early Christian basilica dating to the fifth century. The silverware is now preserved in the Pavia Civic Museums. Between 662 and 671, a church was built at the desire of King Grimoald. Dedicated to St Michael, it was built on the location of the Lombard Palace chapel. This church was destroyed by a fire in 1004, and only the lower part of the bell tower dates to the 7th-century church. The construction of the current crypt, choir and transept was begun in the late 11th century and was completed by 1130. The vaults of the nave, originally with two grossly squared groin-vaulted spans, were replaced in 1489 by the design of master architect Agostino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diotisalvi
Diotisalvi, also Deotisalvi or Deustesalvet, was an architect from Pisa, Italy, active in the 12th century in Pisa. Little is known of him. Career Baptistry of Pisa He is well known to be the original architect of the Baptistry of Pisa, in Piazza dei Miracoli, as we can read in the sign he left inside the building, with the date 1152 (1153 '' stile pisano''): Although he did the original project, the present Baptistery was different from his idea. In fact, he constructed only the first part, the ground floor. The building was continued after his death by Nicola Pisano, a century after its foundation, and then completed by Giovanni Pisano. They changed many things in the final form of the building, which was intended to be simpler with no gothic cusps and no dome, just a small, and high, pyramidal roof. This was connected to the fact that he wanted to resemble the Anastasis in the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Maybe Diotisalvi wanted to replicate his previous wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisa Baptistry
The Pisa Baptistery of St. John ( it, Battistero di San Giovanni) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical building in Pisa, Italy. Construction started in 1152 to replace an older baptistery, and when it was completed in 1363, it became the second building, in chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Duomo di Pisa and the cathedral's free-standing campanile, the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The baptistery was designed by Diotisalvi, whose signature can be read on two pillars inside the building, with the date 1153. Description The largest baptistery in Italy, it is 54.86 m high, with a diameter of 34.13 m. The Pisa Baptistery is an example of the transition from the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style to the Gothic architecture, Gothic style: the lower section is in the Romanesque style, with rounded arches, while the upper sections are in the Gothic style, with pointed arches. The Baptistery is constructed of marble, as is common in Italian architecture. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great St
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Zamora Cathedral
The Cathedral of Zamora is a Catholic cathedral in Zamora, in Castile and León, Spain, located above the right bank of the Duero It remains surrounded by its old walls and gates. Built between 1151 and 1174, it is one of the finest examples of Spanish Romanesque architecture. History A previous church, also entitled ''El Salvador'' ("Holy Savior") existed at the time of King Alfonso VII of Castile but it was apparently in ruins, so that the king donated the church of St. Thomas in the city to act as cathedral. The church was built under Bishop Esteban of the Diocese of Zamora, under the patronage of Alfonso VII and his sister, Sancha Raimúndez. The date of construction (1151–1174) is traditionally attested by an epigraphy in the northern side of the transept, although recent discoveries have proven that the church had been already begun in 1139, at the time of bishop Bernardo. The cathedral was consecrated in 1174 by bishop Esteban, and works continued under his su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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