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French architecture timeline
c. 1130
The full flowering of the Romanesque style is seen in the nave of the abbey church at Vézelay, in France
Vezelay
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1144
The new abbey church of St Denis is consecrated near Paris, introducing the style of architecture later known as Gothic
1243
Construction begins in Paris on the Sainte Chapelle, designed to house relics acquired by Louis IX, the king of France
Sainte Chapelle
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1527
Francis I begins to transform Fontainebleau into a palace, employing artists who establish the mannerist school of Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
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1664
Louis XIV commissions a well-established team of designers to provide him with a spectacular palace and garden at Versailles
1920
The Swiss architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret adopts the simpler Le Corbusier as a pseudonym in
L'Esprit Nouveau
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