1140s in architecture
# 1140s in architecture

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* About 1140
   * Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano, Republic of Venice completed.
   * Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur, India, completed.
   * Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, and first stone Church of St John the Evangelist, Shobdon, both by members of the Herefordshire School in England, built.
   * Great church of Cîteaux Abbey begun.
* 1143 – In the Kingdom of Sicily
   * Trani Cathedral completed (except the campanile).
   * Mosaic decoration of Cappella Palatina in Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, partly completed.
* 1144: June 11 – Basilica of St Denis near Paris in the Kingdom of France consecrated, the first Gothic church.
* 1145 – Basilica of Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy, consecrated.
* 1147
   * Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca completed.
   * Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in Paris consecrated.
* 1149 – Akebäck Church on Gotland is inaugurated.
* 1149: July 15 – Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem consecrated after reconstruction.
* Probable decade – Lyngsjö Church, Sweden, built.
* Santi Maria e Donato, Murano (c. 1140)
* SS Mary and David's Church, Kilpeck (c. 1140)
* Basilica of St Denis (1144)
* Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca (1147)
* Saint Pierre, Montmartre (1147)

## Births

* Adela of Champagne, Queen of France
* Alan Fitz Walter, High Steward of Scotland
* Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi, German rabbi
