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 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.
• * San Miniato al Monte begun in Florence, Italy.
• 1016 - San Michele in Borgo in Pisa, Tuscany built.
• c. 1017 - Hōjōji built in Heian-kyō, Japan.
• 1021 - Church of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Holy Roman Empire built.
• 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.
• 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.
• * 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 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 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 built.
• * Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in in Heian-kyō, Japan built.
• 1055 - Liaodi Pagoda, Hebei, China is completed
• 1056 - Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Shanxi, China is completed
• 1057
• * Church of Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre, Navarra consecrated.
• * Near Caves 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.
• 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 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.
• * Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the current building.
• * Aljafería Palace built in Zaragoza, Spain.
• 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 probably largely completed.
• * San Nicola di Bari begun.
• 1088
• * Rebuilding of great church at Cluny Abbey in France 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.
• 1091
• * Cairo Fatimid city wall built.
• * 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.
• 1098 - Trani Cathedral begun.
• 1099 - Modena Cathedral begun.
• By c. 1099 - Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha, largely completed.

  Births

• c. 1081 - Abbot Suger, French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture.

  Deaths

• 1020 - Trdat the Architect, Armenian