Gothic Cathedrals: A Guide to the History, Places, Art, and Symbolism (2015)
APPENDIX 2
A TIMELINE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAJOR GOTHIC CATHEDRALS IN FRANCE, ENGLAND, GERMANY, ITALY, AND SPAIN
Cathedrals of France
|
1130-1144 |
Saint-Denis: westwork and choir |
|
1132-1145 |
Saint-Germer-de-Fly choir of the abbey church |
|
1140-1168 |
Sens: cathedral |
|
1151-1191 |
Senlis: cathedral |
|
1160-1170 |
Noyon: transept of the cathedral |
|
1160-1205 |
Laon: cathedral |
|
1163-1196 |
Paris: cathedral |
|
1165-1200 |
Reims: choir of Saint-Remi |
|
1170-1217 |
Chalons-sur-Marne: Notre-Dame-en-Vaux |
|
from 1176 |
Soissons: south transept of the cathedral |
|
1194-1220 |
Chartres: cathedral |
|
1195-1214 |
Bourges: choir of the cathedral |
|
1196-1220 |
Paris: westwork of the cathedral |
|
1200-1212 |
Soissons: choir and eastern nave bays of cathedral |
|
1205-1215 |
Laon: choir of the cathedral |
|
1211-1241 |
Reims: cathedral |
|
1217-1230 |
Auxerre: choir of the cathedral |
|
1220 |
Amiens: foundation stone of the cathedral laid |
|
1220-1240 |
Dijon: Notre-Dame |
|
1220-1250 |
Coutances: cathedral |
|
1227-1272 |
Beauvais: choir of the cathedral |
|
1231-1282 |
Saint-Denis: re-building |
|
before 1233 |
Tours: cathedral |
|
1238 |
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris: royal castle chapel |
|
before 1241 |
Troyes: choir of the cathedral |
|
1241-1248 |
Paris: Sainte-Chapelle |
|
1248-1280 |
Clermont-Ferrand: cathedral |
|
1250-1267 |
Paris: transept fronts of the cathedral |
|
1255-1285 |
Reims: westwork of the cathedral |
|
1259-1267 |
Saint-Germer-de-Fly: Lady chapel |
|
1262-1275 |
Troyes: Saint-Urbain |
Cathedrals of England
|
1175-1184 |
Canterbury: choir and Trinity Chapel of the cathedral |
|
1180 |
St. David's (Wales): work on cathedral began |
|
1180-1239 |
Wells: cathedral |
|
1192-1230 |
Lincoln: choir of the cathedral |
|
1220-1251 |
Beverley: minster |
|
1220-1266 |
Salisbury: cathedral |
|
1224-1232 |
Worcester: choir of the cathedral |
|
1229-1239 |
Wells: west facade of the cathedral |
|
1234-1251 |
York: transept of the minster |
|
1234-1252 |
Ely: choir of the cathedral |
|
1237/1239 |
Lincoln: chapterhouse |
|
1240 |
Lincoln: start of west facade of the cathedral |
|
1245-1272 |
London: Westminster Abbey |
|
1250 |
Salisbury: west facade |
|
1256-1280 |
Lincoln: Angel Choir of the cathedral |
|
1257 |
Lichfield: start of nave |
|
1263-1284 |
Salisbury: chapterhouse |
|
1275-1286 |
Exeter: choir of the cathedral |
|
1292 |
York: start of the nave of the minster |
Cathedrals of Germany
|
1171-1181 |
Worms: west choir of the cathedral |
|
1200-1207 |
Ebrach: St. Michael's Chapel of the Cistercian monastery |
|
1200-1235 |
Limburg: cathedral St. Georg |
|
1209-1232 |
Magdeburg: choir of the cathedral |
|
1219-1227 |
Cologne: decagon of St. Gereon |
|
1225-1237 |
Bamberg: west choir |
|
1235-1265 |
Trier: Liebfrauenkirche |
|
1235-1283 |
Marburg: St. Elisabeth |
|
1240-1275 |
Strasbourg: nave of the minster |
|
1246-1270 |
Regensburg: choir of the Dominican church |
|
1248-1322 |
Cologne: choir of the cathedral |
|
1250 |
Naumberg: west choir |
|
1259-1276 |
Altenberg: choir of the Cistercian church |
|
1260-1280 |
Lubeck: choir of the Marienkirche |
|
1267-1290 |
Minden: hall nave of the cathedral |
|
1273-1310 |
Regensburg: choir |
|
1273-1319 |
Chorin: Cistercian church |
|
1275-1365 |
Strasbourg: west work |
|
1280 |
Freiburg: start of the octagon of the minster tower |
|
1288-1295 |
Heiligenkreuz: choir of the Cistercian church |
Cathedrals of Italy and Spain
|
1182-1296 |
Morimondo: Cistercian monastery church |
|
1184-1230 |
Cosenza (Calabria): cathedral |
|
1187-1208 |
Fossanova: Cistercian monastery church |
|
1190-1250 |
Cuenca: cathedral |
|
1203-1217 |
Casamari: Cistercian monastery church |
|
1219-1224 |
Vercelli: Sant' Andrea |
|
1221-1260 |
Burgos: cathedral |
|
1227 |
Toledo: start of the cathedral |
|
1228-1253 |
Assisi: San Francesco |
|
1236-1250 |
Bologna: San Francesco |
|
1240 |
Castel del Monte (Apulia) |
|
1244-1360 |
Florence: Santa Maria Novella |
|
1250 |
Siena: start of the cathedral |
|
1254 |
Messina: start of the Franciscan church |
|
1255 |
Florence: start of the Palazzo del Podesta |
|
1255 |
Leon: start of the cathedral |
|
1257-1266 |
Viterbo: papal palace |
|
1270-1285 |
Naples: San Lorenzo Maggiore |
|
1277-1289 |
Arezzo: cathedral |
|
after 1280 |
Piacenza: Palazzo Comunale |