1070s in architecture

	1060s . 1070s in architecture . 1080s
	Architecture timeline

Buildings and structures

1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
1070 – Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral in England following a fire.^[1]
1070 – Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.^[2]
1070 – Construction of Dudley Castle in England by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
1070 – Construction of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire, England begins.
1072 – Construction of Lincoln Cathedral in England begins.^[3]
1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
1075 – Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) begun. Tympanum dated 1078.
1077 – Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Normandy consecrated.
1077 – Current Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy consecrated.
1077 – Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins in England.^[4]
1077 – Panchkuta Basadi, originally known as Urdhvitilaka (glory of the world), one of the Humcha Jain temples in India, built in the style of Badami Chalukya architecture.
1078 – Construction of Colchester Castle begins in England^[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
1078 (approx.) – White Tower (Tower of London) begun^[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
1079 – Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begun.^[5]

↑ "The History of Canterbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
1 2 3 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ "Lincoln Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
↑ "St Albans Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
↑ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.

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