1250s in architecture
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Buildings and structures
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- c. 1250
- Western towers and north rose window of Notre Dame de Paris in the Kingdom of France are built.{{Cite web |last=Chelles |first=Jean de |last2=DigitalGeorgetown |date=1981 |title=Notre Dame Cathedral North Rose Window |url=https://repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/554233 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=DigitalGeorgetown |language=en}}
- Hexham Abbey, England completed (begun c. 1170).
- Konark Sun Temple in Odisha built.{{Cite web |title=Konark {{!}} India {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Konark |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
- 1250
- Château de Spesbourg, Holy Roman Empire built.{{Cite web |date=2008-09-14 |title=Castles and Monuments of the Northern Part of the Alsatian Wineroad of the Lower-Rhine (67) |url=http://www.alsace-route-des-vins.com/NewVersion/index.cfm?fuseaction=AutrePage.Home&ID=24&Language=En |access-date=2022-04-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914033357/http://www.alsace-route-des-vins.com/NewVersion/index.cfm?fuseaction=AutrePage.Home&ID=24&Language=En |archive-date=14 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}
- Ponts Couverts, Strasbourg, opened.{{Cite web |title=Ponts couverts (Strasbourg, 1250) |url=https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/ponts-couverts |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Structurae |language=fr}}
- 1252 – Church of Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal completed.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=Alcobaça Monastery {{!}} Alcobaça {{!}} Portugal {{!}} AFAR |url=https://www.afar.com/places/alcobaca-monastery-alcobaca |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.afar.com}}
- c. 1252 – The Franciscan abbey of Claregalway Friary, in Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland is commissioned by Norman knight John de Cogan.{{Cite web |title=Claregalway Franciscan Friary {{!}} Monastic Ireland |url=http://monastic.ie/history/claregalway-franciscan-friary/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |language=en-GB}}
- 1253 – Construction of the upper Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, designed by Elia Bombardone, is completed.
- 1255 – New Gothic choir of the Tournai Cathedral in the Kingdom of France built.{{Cite web |date=6 July 1999 |title=Tournai Cathedral (Belgium) No 1009 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/document/151523 |url-status=live |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Convention|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208190038/http://whc.unesco.org/document/151523 |archive-date=2017-02-08 }}
- 1256 – Construction of Hermann Castle in present-day Estonia is started.{{cite book |last1=Grooss |first1=Poul |title=The Naval War in the Baltic 1939 -1945 |date=2017 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=9781526700032 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AP4sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 |language=en}}
- 1257 – Construction of the Basilica di Santa Chiara in Assisi begun.{{Cite web |last=cie |first=G. Massiot & |title=Church and Convent of Santa Chiara: Overall view of facade with flying buttress |url=https://curate.nd.edu/show/rv042r39x1v |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=curate.nd.edu}}
- 1258 – The main body of the Salisbury Cathedral (begun in 1220) in Salisbury, England, is completed.{{Cite web |title=Engineering Timelines - Salisbury Cathedral spire |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=113#:~:text=Salisbury%20Cathedral%20was%20built%20between,was%20constructed%20a%20little%20later. |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.engineering-timelines.com}}
Image:Notre-Dame de Paris 2792x2911.jpg|Western Front of Notre Dame de Paris (c. 1250)
Image:Hexham Abbey.jpg|Hexham Abbey (c. 1250)
Image:Chateau du Spesbourg.jpg|Chateau de Spesbourg (c. 1250)
Image:James Fergusson Konark.jpg|Konark Sun Temple (c. 1250)
Image:Lakshminarayana Temple at Hosaholalu.jpg|Lakshminarayana Temple, Hosholalu (1250)
Image:Alcobaça-CentralAisle.jpg|Alcobaça Monastery church (1252)
Image:Assisi San Francesco BW 2.JPG|San Francesco d'Assisi (1253)
Image:Salisbury Cathedral.jpg|Salisbury Cathedral (1258)
Births
- c. 1250 Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor, painter, and architect (d. c. 1315){{Cite web |title=Giovanni Pisano {{!}} Italian sculptor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pisano |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
Deaths
- none listed