Middle Ages European Cathedrals Timeline

Name Beginning of Notes Region, Country Country

construction
St Moluag, Lismore 592 Scotland Scotland
(1174
Canterbury 597 England England
Rebuilt/extended)
Dunblane 600 c 7th century Scotland Scotland
Rochester 604 England England
Winchester 650 England England
Hereford 676 England England
Worcester 743 England England
Lichfield 1048 England England
Exeter 1050 England England
Lincoln 1070 England England
Chichester 1080 England England
Norwich 1094 England England
St Giles, Edinburgh 1100 c 15th century Scotland Scotland
Ely 1109 England England
Abbey Church of St Denis 1122 Ile-de-France, France France
St. Machar, Aberdeen 1131 Scotland Scotland
St Mungo, Glasgow 1136 Scotland Scotland
St Magnus, Kirkwall 1137 Scotland Scotland
Noyon 1140 Picardie, France France
Senlis 1153 Picardie, France France
Laon 1155 Picardie, France France
Paris 1163 Ile-de-France, France France
Tours 1170 Centre, France France
Canterbury 1174 (Rebuilt/extended) Kent, England England
Soissons 1176 Picardie, France France
Alcobaça 1178 Leiria, Portugal Portugal
St. Lambert, Liege 1189 (destroyed in 1794) Wallonia, Belgium Belgium
Strasbourg 1190 Alsace, France France
Wells 1190 Somerset, England England
Bourges 1192 Centre, France France
Lincoln 1192 Lincolnshire, England England
Chartres 1194 Centre, France France
Brechin 1200 c 13th century Scotland Scotland
Cloth Hall, Ypres 1200 (rebuilt after WWI) Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Dornoch 1200 c 13th century Scotland Scotland
Rouen 1202 Normandy, France France
Winchester 1202 Hampshire, England England
Leon 1205 Castile and León, Spain Spain
Magdeburg 1209 Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Germany
Sées 1210 Normandy, France France
Reims 1211 Champagne, France France
Bayonne 1213 Aquitaine, France France
Auxerre 1215 Burgundy, France France
Amiens 1220 Picardie, France France
Beauvais 1220 Picardie, France France
Metz 1220 Lorraine, France France
Salisbury 1220 Wiltshire, England England
Toul 1220 Lorraine, France France
York Minster 1220 Yorkshire, England England
Burgos 1221 Castile and León, Spain Spain
Ypres 1221 (rebuilt after WWI) Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Brussels 1226 Brabant, Belgium Belgium
Hereford 1226 Herefordshire, England England
Toledo 1226 Castile-La Mancha, Spain Spain
Salisbury 1227 England England
Freiburg Münster 1230 Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany
Peterborough 1230 Northamptonshire, England England
Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa 1230 Tuscany, Italy Italy
Elisabeth Church, Marburg 1235 Hesse,Germany Germany
Wells 1239 England England
Belfry of Bruges 1240 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Westminster Abbey 1245 London, England England
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris 1246 Ile-de-France, France France
Clermont 1248 Auvergne, France France
Cologne 1248 North-Rhine-Westphalen, Germany Germany
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa 1250 Veneto, Italy Italy
St. Mary's Church, Lübeck 1250 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany
Évreux 1253 Normandy, France France
Saint Martin, Utrecht 1254 Utrecht, the Netherlands Netherlands
Exeter 1258 Devon, England England
Dunkeld 1260 Scotland Scotland
Valencia 1262 Valencia, Spain Spain
Limoges 1273 Limousin, France France
Regensburg 1273 Bavaria, Germany Germany
Siena (façade) 1284 Tuscany, Italy Italy
Aix 1285 Provence, France France
(destroyed in 1568
Orléans 1287 Pays de la Loire, France France
rebuilt 1601)
Orvieto 1290 Umbria, Italy Italy
Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence 1294 Tuscany, Italy Italy
Basilica of Saint Maximin la
1295 Provence, France France
Sainte Baume
Florence 1296 Tuscany, Italy Italy
Palazzo Pubblico, Siena 1297 Tuscany, Italy Italy
Barcelona 1298 Catalonia, Spain Spain
Kortrijk, Collegiate Church of 1300 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna 1304 Austria Austria
Doge's Palace, Venice 1309 Veneto, Italy Italy
Collegiate Church of Huy 1311 Liege, Belgium Belgium
Belfry of Ghent 1313 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Perpignan 1324 Languedoc-Roussillon, France France
Mechelen 1335 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Palais des Papes, Avignon 1335 Provence, France France
St. John's Cathedral, 's- 1340 North Brabant, the Netherlands Netherlands
St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague 1344 Czech Republic Czech
Antwerp 1354 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Mende 1368 Languedoc-Roussillon, France France
Townhall of Bruges 1376 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Ulm 1377 Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany
Milan 1386 Lombardy, Italy Italy
Monastery of Batalha 1386 Leiria, Portugal Portugal
Seville 1402 Andalusia, Spain Spain
Townhall of Brussels 1402 Brabant, Belgium Belgium
Palazzo Santa Sofia, Venice 1428 Veneto, Italy Italy
Sheffield 1430 South Yorkshire, England England
Nantes 1434 Pays de la Loire, France France
King's College Chapel, 1446 Cambridgeshire, England England
Townhall of Leuven 1448 Brabant, Belgium Belgium
Town hall & Beflry, Aalst 1460 Flanders, Belgium Belgium

Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon 1502 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal

Salamanca, New Cathedral of 1513 Castile and León, Spain Spain
Belém Tower, Lisbon 1515 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal
Town hall, Oudenaarde 1526 Flanders, Belgium Belgium
Orléans 1601 (rebuilt) Pays de la Loire, France France