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Buildings and structures
Buildings
* About 1140
**
Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in
Murano
Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...
,
Republic of Venice completed.
**
Rudra Mahalaya Temple in
Siddhpur
Siddhpur, also spelled Sidhpur, is a town, municipality and headquarter of Sidhpur taluka in Patan district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is a historical place located on the bank of the endorheic Saraswati River, which is probably a rem ...
, 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
The Herefordshire School is the name of a hypothetical group of master masons working in Herefordshire and Worcestershire (in England) during the 12th century. The name was coined by Polish-English scholar George Zarnecki. Their distinctive Roman ...
in
England, built.
** Great church of
Cîteaux Abbey begun.
* 1143 – In the
Kingdom of Sicily
The Kingdom of Sicily ( la, Regnum Siciliae; it, Regno di Sicilia; scn, Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and for a time the region of Ifriqiya from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 un ...
**
Trani Cathedral completed (except the
campanile
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
).
** Mosaic decoration of
Cappella Palatina in
Palazzo dei Normanni
The Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palace) is also called Royal Palace of Palermo. It was the seat of the Kings of Sicily with the Hauteville dynasty and served afterwards as the main seat of power for the subsequent rulers of Sicily. Since 1946 ...
,
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, partly completed.
* 1144: June 11 –
Basilica of St Denis
The Basilica of Saint-Denis (french: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, links=no, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building ...
near Paris in the
Kingdom of France consecrated, the first
Gothic church.
* 1145 –
Basilica of Sainte-Trinité,
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin () is a city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016. , Normandy, consecrated.
* 1147
**
Basilica of San Frediano in
Lucca completed.
**
Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in
Paris consecrated.
* 1149 –
Akebäck Church
Akebäck Church ( sv, Akebäcks kyrka) is a medieval church in Akebäck on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It's a largely Romanesque church and its main construction period was at the end of the 12th century. The church is part of the Diocese of ...
on
Gotland
Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...
is inaugurated.
* 1149: July 15 –
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...
in
Jerusalem consecrated after reconstruction.
* Probable decade –
Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, built.
Image:2006 - Murano - Santa Maria e San Donato.jpg, Santi Maria e Donato, Murano (c. 1140)
Image:KilpeckChurch(PhilipHalling)Feb2006.jpg, SS Mary and David's Church, Kilpeck (c. 1140)
File:Coeur de la Basilique de Saint-Senis.jpg, Basilica of St Denis (1144)
Image:Basilica_di_San_Frediano,_Lucca.jpg, Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca (1147)
Image:StPierreParis.jpg, Saint Pierre, Montmartre (1147)
Births
*
Adela of Champagne, Queen of
France
*
Alan Fitz Walter
Alan fitz Walter (1140 – 1204) was hereditary High Steward of Scotland and a crusader.
Life
Alan was the son and heir of Walter fitz Alan, by his spouse Eschina, who was possibly a member of a family from the south of Scotland. From 1178, ...
, High Steward of
Scotland
*
Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi Eliezer ben Yoel HaLevi of Bonn ( Hebrew acronym Ra'avyah; 1140–1225To be more precise, it is only known that he died after 1220.) was a Rabbinic scholar in Germany. He had a significant influence on Asher ben Jehiel (the ROSH). As a Rishon, he ...
,
German rabbi
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Deaths
References
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12th-century architecture
1140s works