11th century in architecture

Buildings and structures[]

Buildings[]

1001
- The Cathedral of Ani is built in Armenia.
- St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim begun.
1002 – Brihadishwara Temple of Thanjavur, India (Chola Empire) begun.
1008 – Rebuilt Torcello Cathedral in the Veneto consecrated.
1009 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou in Catalonia consecrated.
By c. 1010 – Church of the Saviour at Berestove built.
1011 – San Vittore alle Chiuse in Genga, Papal States built.
c. 1012 – Katholikon of Hosios Loukas built in Byzantine Greece.
1013
- Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, Fatimid Empire built (begun in 990).
- San Miniato al Monte begun in Florence, Italy (work went on until the 13th century).
1016 – San Michele in Borgo in Pisa, Tuscany built.
c. 1017 – Hōjōji (法成寺) built in Heian-kyō, Japan.
1021 – Church of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Holy Roman Empire built (begun c. 997).
1022 – Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia consecrated.
c. 1023 – Romanesque church at Mont-Saint-Michel founded.
c. 1025 – City of Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded as a capital of the Chola Empire.
1026 – Pomposa Abbey near Ferrara, Italy, completed (except the campanile finished in 1063).
1029 – Construction of Sant Vicenç de Cardonia, Catalonia begun.
1030 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, initiated by Emperor Konrad II.
1032 – Santa Maria de Ripoll, Catalonia is consecrated.
1033 – St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire, completed and consecrated.
1036 – Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem restored and renovated by the Fatimid caliph after an earthquake in 1033.
1037
- Chartres Cathedral in France consecrated for the fifth time (subsequently rebuilt).
- St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev founded.
1040
- Sant Vicenç de Cardona, Catalonia is completed.
- Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Jumièges in Normandy begins.
- Construction of the third Würzburg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire begins.
1045 – Lingxiao Pagoda (凌霄塔) in Zhengding, China is completed.
1047 – Reconstruction of St Mark's Basilica in Venice begins.
1049
- Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica in France is consecrated
- Iron Pagoda (鐵塔) of Bianjing, China is completed.
- Abbey Church of Ottmarsheim, Alsace is consecrated.
c. 1050
- West Mebon built in Angkor.
- Rajarani Temple built in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Construction of Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, begins.
1050
- Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay in Normandy completed.
- Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins.
1053
- Varadharaja Perumal Temple of Kanchipuram in India (Chola Empire) built.
- Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in in Heian-kyō, Japan built.
1055 – Liaodi Pagoda (料敵塔), Hebei, China is completed
1056 – Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (佛宫寺释迦塔), Shanxi, China is completed
1057
- Church of Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre, Navarra consecrated.
- Near Caves (Pechersk Lavra) founded.
1059 – Abbaye aux Dames, Caen founded.
c. 1060
- Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.
- Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.
1061 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, completed.
1062 – Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy begun.
1063
- Rebuilding of Doge's Palace, Venice begun.
- Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain, Spain consecrated.
c. 1063 – Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy founded.
1064
- Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun.
- Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany begun.
1065 – Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne consecrated.
1067
- Abbey of Jumièges, Normandy consecrated.
- First of the Kharraqan towers built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
- Sankt Gereon, Cologne begun.
1068 – Warwick Castle established as a motte-and-bailey fortification by William I of England.
1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
1075 – Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
1075 – Pilgrimage Church of St James, Santiago de Compostela begun.
1076 – Abbey of Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in the Languedoc completed.
1077
- Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France consecrated.
- Current Bayeux Cathedral, France consecrated.
1078 – White Tower (Tower of London) in England begun.
c. 1078 – Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta in Pisa, Tuscany, completed.
1080 – Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.
1081
- Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople (begun in 1077).
- Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the current building.
- Aljafería Palace built in Zaragoza, Spain (begun in 1065).
1082 – Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire.
1083 – Present Ely Cathedral in the east of England begun.
1086–87 – South dome of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan in Seljuq dynasty Persia, the world's largest dome at this time.
By 1087 – Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun.
1087
- White Tower (Tower of London) (begun in 1078) probably largely completed.
- San Nicola di Bari begun.
1088
- Rebuilding of great church at Cluny Abbey in France ("Cluny III") begun.
- Eynsford Castle built in England.
1089 – Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral in England completed.
c. 1090 – Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe in Poitou completed (begun c. 1040).
1091
- Cairo Fatimid city wall built (begun in 1087).
- Ananda Temple built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom capital.
1093
- Second of the Kharraqan towers mausoleums built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
- Maria Laach Abbey in the Rhineland begun.
- Durham Cathedral founded in the north of England.
1094
- 40-foot-tall water-powered astronomical clocktower in Song dynasty's capital Bianjing designed by Su Song completed.
- San Juan de la Peña Monastery in Aragon consecrated.
- St Mark's Basilica in Venice consecrated.
c. 1094 – Battle Abbey in England consecrated.
1095 – Sant'Abbondio, Como consecrated.
1096
- St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse consecrated.
- Norwich Cathedral begun in eastern England.
1097
- Construction of the original stage of the Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou, Song dynasty.
- Djamaa el Kebir mosque of Algiers built in Almoravid Algeria.^[1]
1098 – Trani Cathedral begun.
1099 – Modena Cathedral begun.
By c. 1099 – Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha, largely completed.