CHROKNOWLEDGEY

CAN you place the following architecturally significant events in chronological order? The ten events span the 12th to the 21st centuries. Each century starts with the year ending ‘1’ and ends with the year ending ‘0’ (i.e. AD1101 – AD1200) and no two events occurred within the same century.

A ANTONI GAUDI commences work on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which is unfinished to this day.

B THE capital of the Ming dynasty is moved to Beijing, following the construction of the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven.

C ELIZABETH Tower becomes the new name for the structure that contains Big Ben, the Great Bell of the striking clock at the Palace of Westminster. D

HENRY II orders the building of ‘old’ London Bridge, the first stone bridge built in a tidal waterway.

E ON EASTER Sunday, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen becomes the first European to land on Easter Island. He describes ‘remarkable tall stone figures, a good 30ft in height’ (pictured).

F THE fifth Mughal emperor of India commissions the Red Fort in Delhi. Its design is credited to the architect also responsible for the Taj Mahal.

G AFTER Edward I conquers Wales, a series of fortifications including Caernarfon Castle are built to defend against a rebellion.

H WORK begins to carve the heads of four former U.S. Presidents into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

I CARDINAL Thomas Wolsey transforms Hampton Court into a grand palace for himself, but is later forced to give it to Henry VIII.

J THE Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is toppled by an earthquake.