1070s in architecture

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  • 1070 – Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, begun.
  • 1070 – Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral in England following a fire.{{cite web|url=http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx|title=The History of Canterbury Cathedral|accessdate=2007-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094938/http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx#|archive-date=2007-10-27|url-status=dead}}
  • 1070 – Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolncathedral.com/|title=Lincoln Cathedral website|accessdate=2007-12-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110200058/http://www.lincolncathedral.com/|archivedate=10 January 2008}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk/index1.htm |title=St Albans Cathedral website |accessdate=2007-12-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202034404/http://www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk/index1.htm |archivedate=2007-12-02 |url-status=dead }}
  • 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{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=53–55|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}} under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
  • 1078 (approx.) – White Tower (Tower of London) begun under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
  • 1079 – Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begun.{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Sutton|title=Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1999|isbn=978-0-500-20316-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/westernarchitect00sutt}}

File:Dom Wuerzburg.jpg|Würzburg Cathedral (1075)

File:Chevet abbHommes.JPG|Abbey of St-Étienne, Caen (1077)

File:Bayeauxcathedralinterior.jpg|Bayeux Cathedral (1077)

File:Backside view of Basadi in Humcha (DYK crop).jpg|Panchkuta Basadi (1077)

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