11th century in architecture

Buildings

1001 – The Cathedral of Ani is built in Armenia.
1001 – St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim begun.
1002 – Brihadishwara Temple of Thanjavur, India (Chola Empire) begun.
1008 – Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello rebuilt.
1009 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou in Catalonia consecrated.
Beginning of 11th century - 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).
1013 - San Miniato al Monte begun in Florence, Italy (work went on until the 13th century).
1016 - San Michele in Borgo in Pisa, Italy 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.
About 1023 - Romanesque church at Mont-Saint-Michel founded.
About 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 (building destroyed today).
1037 - St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev founded.
1040 - Sant Vicenç de Cardona, Catalonia is completed.
1040 - Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Jumièges in Normandy begins.
1040 - 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
1049 - Iron Pagoda (鐵塔) of Bianjing, China is completed.
1049 - Abbey Church of Ottmarsheim, Alsace is consecrated.
c. 1050 – West Mebon built in Angkor.
c. 1050– Construction of Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, begins.
1050 – Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins.
1050 – Bernay Abbey, Normandy completed.
1053 – Varadharaja Perumal Temple of Kanchipuram in India (Chola Empire) built.
1053 – 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.
1057 – Near Caves (Pechersk Lavra) founded.
1059 – Abbaye aux Dames, Caen founded.
c. 1060 – Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.
c. 1060 – Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.
1061 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, completed.
1062 – Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy begun.
1063 – Duomo of Pisa, Italy begun.
1063 – Rebuilding of Doge's Palace, Venice begun.
1063 – San Isidoro, León, Spain consecrated.
c. 1063 – Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy founded.
1064 – Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun.
1065 – Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne consecrated.
1067 – Abbey of Jumièges, Normandy consecrated.
1067 – First of the Kharraqan towers built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
1067 – Sankt Gereon, Cologne begun.
1068 – William the Conqueror establishes a motte-and-bailey fortification at Warwick, England.
1070 - Nidaros Cathedral begun.
1075 - Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed (begun in 1045).
1075 - Pilgrimage Church of St James, Santiago de Compostela begun.
1076 - Saint-Guilhelm-le-Désert Abbey completed.
1077 - White Tower, Tower of London begun.
1077 - Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, France consecrated.
1077 - Current Bayeux Cathedral, France consecrated.
About 1078 - Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore, Pisa.
1080 - Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.
1080 - Construction of Cluny III in France, begun.
1081 - Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople (begun in 1077).
1081 - Old Mainz Cathedral destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of the construction of the current building.
1081 - Aljafería Palace built in Zaragoza, Spain (begun in 1065).
1082 - Great Mosque of Tlemcen built in the Almoravid Empire.
1083–Present Ely Cathedral, England begun.
before 1087 - Construction of the Church of Christ Pantepoptes in Constantinople begun.
1087 - White Tower (Tower of London) in England finished (begun in 1078).
1087 - San Nicola di Bari begun.
1088 - Rebuilding of the Abbey of Cluny in France begun.
1088 - Eynsford Castle built in England.
1089 - Romanesque stage of St Albans Cathedral completed.
about 1090 – Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe completed (begun about 1040).
1091 – Cairo Fatimid city wall built (begun in 1087).
1091 – Ananda Temple built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom capital.
1093 – Second of the Kharraqan towers mausoleums built in Qazvin, Seljukid Iran.
1093 – Maria-Laach Abbey begun.
1093 – Durham Cathedral founded.
1093 – Ely Cathedral founded.
1094 – 40-foot-tall water-powered astronomical clocktower in Song China's capital Bianjing designed by Su Song completed.
1094 – San Juan de la Peña Monastery in Aragon consecrated.
1094 – St Mark's Basilica in Venice consecrated.
About 1094 – Battle Abbey consecrated.
1095 – Sant'Abbondio, Como consecrated.
1096 – St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse consecrated.
1096 – Norwich Cathedral begun.
1097 – Construction of the original stage of the Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou, Song China.
1097 – Great Mosque of Algiers built in Almoravid Algeria.
1098 – Trani Cathedral begun.
1099 – Modena Cathedral begun.

Cathedral of Ani (1001)
Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur (1002)
Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (1009)
San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga (1011)
Katholikon, Hosios Loukas (1012)
Al-Hakim Mosque, Cairo (1013)
San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1013)
San Michele in Borgo, Pisa (1016)
Quedlinburg Abbey (1021)
Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1022)
Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram (1025)
Pomposa Abbey (1026)
Santa Maria de Ripoll (1032)
St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1033)
The Lingxiao Pagoda of Zhengding (1045)
Saint Rémi of Reims Basilica (1049)
The Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng (1049)
Ottmarsheim Abbey Church (1049)
West Mebon, Angkor (c. 1050)
Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, Kyōto (1053)
Pagoda of Fogong Temple (1056)
Monastery of San Salvador Church, Leyre (1057)
Baphuon of Yasodharapura (c. 1060)
Speyer Cathedral (1061)
Basilica of San Isidoro, León (1063)
Abbey of Lessay
Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Cologne (1065)
Abbey of Jumièges (1067)
Würzburg Cathedral (1075)
Abbaye-aux-Hommes (1077)
Chora Church (1081)
Romanesque Mainz Cathedral (begun 1081)
Aljaferia Palace of Zaragoza (1081)
Great Mosque of Tlemcen (1082)
Church of Christ Pantepoptes (begun before 1087)
White Tower of London (1087)
St Albans Cathedral (1089)
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (1090)
Ananda Temple, Bagan (1091)
Kharaghan Towers (mausoleums) of Qazvin (1093)
Su Song's astronomical clocktower in Bianjing (1094)
Chevet of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse (1095)
Basilica of Sant'Abbondio (1095)
Flower Pagoda in the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Guangzhou (1097)

Births

c. 1081 - Abbot Suger (died 1151), French abbot-statesman and patron of Gothic architecture.

Deaths