1408 In Architecture

picture info	1408 In Architecture __TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * 1402 – Seville Cathedral is begun. * 1402 – Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic is completed. * 1403 The Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum in Samarkand is begun on the orders of Timur. The City God Temple of Shanghai is built. * 1405 The Changdeokgung of Korea is completed. Construction of new Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Turkistan (Timurid Empire) ceases. * 1407 – Swalcliffe Tithe Barn in Oxfordshire, England, is completed. * 1409 The Upper Castle in Vilnius in Lithuania is completed. The Trakai Island Castle at Trakai in Lithuania is completed. Births * c. 1400 – Filarete, born Antonio di Pietro Averlino, Florentine architect (died c. 1469) * 1404: February 14 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian architect and polymath (died 1472) Deaths * 1400: August 21 – Henry Yevele, English master mason (born c. 1320) References * Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1390s In Architecture Buildings and structures Buildings * c. 1300 Nidaros Cathedral is completed in Trondheim, Norway. Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is completed. * c. 1300–1310 – Great Coxwell Barn in the Vale of White Horse in England is built. * 1302–1312 – Dome of Soltaniyeh in Ilkhanate Persia is built. * 1304 Ypres Cloth Hall is completed. St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh, England, is completed. * 1306 – Wells Cathedral chapter house in England is completed in Decorated Gothic style. * 1308 The Priest's House, Muchelney, England, is built. The Yuchang Lou Yuchang Lou in Yuan dynasty China is built. * 1309 – Construction begins on the Doge's Palace, Venice, Doge's Palace in Venice (completed in 1420s in architecture, 1424). * c. 1310–1320 – Funerary chapel, Chora Church of the Monastery of Christ, Constantinople, is built. * 1311 – Alai Darwaza gateway in Qutb complex, Delhi Sultanate, is completed. * 1314 Completion of Old St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Swalcliffe Swalcliffe is a village and civil parish about west of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The parish is about long north–south and about east–west. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the modern Swalcliffe parish as 210. The toponym "Swalcliffe" comes from the Old English ''swealwe'' and ''clif'', meaning a slope or cliff frequented by swallows. The ancient parish of Swalcliffe was larger than the present civil parish, and included the townships of Epwell, Shutford, Sibford Ferris and Sibford Gower. Archaeology About northeast of the village are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort on Madmarston Hill and the site of a Roman villa at Swalcliffe Lea. The hill fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site of the villa is close to the course of a former Roman road running approximately east–west. Its course is now a bridleway. One authority asserts that there was a Roman or Romano-British village here. Manor Swalcliffe Manor house has a 13th-century service wing and a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1320s In Architecture Buildings and structures Buildings * c. 1300 Nidaros Cathedral is completed in Trondheim, Norway. Spire of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, England, is completed. * c. 1300–1310 – Great Coxwell Barn in the Vale of White Horse in England is built. * 1302–1312 – Dome of Soltaniyeh in Ilkhanate Persia is built. * 1304 Ypres Cloth Hall is completed. St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh, England, is completed. * 1306 – Wells Cathedral chapter house in England is completed in Decorated Gothic style. * 1308 The Priest's House, Muchelney, England, is built. The Yuchang Lou Yuchang Lou in Yuan dynasty China is built. * 1309 – Construction begins on the Doge's Palace in Venice (completed in 1424). * c. 1310–1320 – Funerary chapel, Chora Church of the Monastery of Christ, Constantinople, is built. * 1311 – Alai Darwaza gateway in Qutb complex, Delhi Sultanate, is completed. * 1314 Completion of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London. Construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]