Progress of Late Gothic Building Projects in Europe (c. 1408)

Timeline

1. 1408Milan Cathedral · MilanIn 1408 the cathedral project in Milan, led by the Visconti family, entered a new phase, adopting a white-marble Flamboyant Gothic design whose flying buttresses and pointed arches pushed the limits of contemporary building technology, becoming Italy's largest Gothic building.
2. 1408–1410Cologne · North Rhine-WestphaliaConstruction of Cologne Cathedral's nave vaults continued through the 1400s, with the stonemasons' guild applying the late Gothic Perpendicular style to achieve a sense of upward extension in the interior space; the project proceeded intermittently due to funding and political factors but never fully stopped.
3. 1406–1409Prague Castle · PragueBuilding on the foundation laid by Charles IV, Bohemian architect Peter Parler continued the Gothic remodeling of St. Vitus Cathedral in the 1400s, innovating vault designs and window tracery geometry that embodied the characteristics of Central European late Gothic architecture.