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Events
- 1144 : The county of Edessa (a crusader state ) is conquered by the Seljuks .
- 1147 : Beginning of the 2nd crusade .
- 1147: Alfonso I (Portugal) conquers Lisbon from the Moors .
- 1148 : The second crusade fails before Damascus .
Culture / architecture
- 1147 : Beginning of the Gothic period with the construction of the Saint-Denis cathedral
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