Edward the Confessor completes building of Westminster Abbey

Category
Architecture
Place
England (<1707)
Date
1060
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Between 1042 and 1052, King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the Romanesque style. The building was completed around 1060 and was consecrated on 28 December 1065, only a week before Edward's death on 5 January 1066. A week later, he was buried in the church;" [Wikipedia]

This event is linked to the following periods

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Begin
End
Category
Second Viking Conquest
991
1066
British Isles
Arts
-3800
2020
Transcultural