1240s in architecture

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Architecture timeline

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 1240 – Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge.^[1]
• 1242 – Heddal Stave Church in Norway consecrated, built in the first half of the 13th century.^[2][3]
• 1242 – Rebuilding of Peyrepertuse Castle in France to its current form begun.^{[citation needed]}
• c.1245 – Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey begun.^[4]
• 1246 – Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[5]
• 1247
  • Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, consecrated.^[6]
  • Inauguration of St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna, Sweden.^[7]
  • Start of reconstruction of Bassac Abbey.^[8]
  • Approximate start of construction of original Pagoda of Monk Wansong in Beijing.
• 1248
  • April 26 – Consecration of Sainte Chapelle, Paris.^[9]
  • August 15 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid^[10] by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden.
• 1249 – Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli built in the Hoysala Empire.^[11]

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  Great Mosque of Djenné (begun 1240)
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  Peyrepertuse Castle (1242)
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  Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli (1246)
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  Sadasiva Temple, Nuggehalli (1249)

Births

Deaths

• 1245 – c. June: Elias of Dereham, English canon and building designer^[12]