Timeline of Architecture - 12th Century

12th Century

  • 1190s – Construction of Qutub Minar started in India
  • 1190s – Construction begins on the present form of Chartres Cathedral after a fire.
  • 1180s
  • 1170s
  • 1160s
  • 1150s
  • 1140s -Abbot Sugar supervises the reconstruction of St. Denis in the Gothic style
  • 1130s – Work begins on the Basilique Saint-Denis in France.
  • 1120s
  • 1110s
  • 1100s

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