8th century in architecture

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 709 –
  Umayyad Empire
  (begun in 707).
• 709 – Small Wild Goose Pagoda in China is completed.
• before 710 –
  Umayyad Empire.^[1]
• 710 – The capital of Japan is moved from
  Nara
  ).
• 711 – Fujiwara-kyō is destroyed by a fire.
• c. 711 – Hōryū-ji temple reconstructed in Ikaruga, Japan.
• 714 –
  Umayyad Empire
  . Begun in 707.
• 715 –
  Umayyad city of Anjar built in Lebanon
  .
• c. 715 –
  Umayyad Empire
  .
• c. 717–757 –
  Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch
  in Crimea is constructed.
• 721 –
  Umayyad Syria
  .
• c. 730–800 – Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta on Java is built.
• 739 – A
  Benedictine monastery is built adjoining the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan
  .
• c. 744 – Construction begun on the
  Umayyad
  Palace.
• c. 744 –
  Khirbat al-Mafjar near Jericho, Palestine
  built.
• 746 – Castle of Gormaz built in Spain.
• 750s – Belfry of Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome constructed.
• 751
  • Bulguksa of Korea is expanded.
  • Seokguram of Korea is constructed.
  • Japan is completed (the modern-day building is a 1709
    reconstruction).
• 755 – Hieroglyphic staircase finished in the
  Maya city of Copán
  .
• 759 –
  Japan
  .
• 762 – Medinat as-Salam (modern-day Baghdad) founded as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• 765 –
  Japan
  .
• 768 –
  Japan
  .
• 770 – Rock-carved
  Rashtrakuta King Krishna I
  .
• 771 –
  Al Mansur
  .
• 774
  • Lorsch Abbey consecrated.
  • Construction of Charlemagne's palace at Ingelheim am Rhein begun.

• 775 –
  Basilica of St Denis
  near Paris is consecrated.
• c. 775–778 – Al-Ukhaidir Fortress built in Mesopotamia, Abbasid Caliphate.
• By 778 – Kalasan temple on Java completed. The adjacent Sari temple is built about the same time.
• 781 –
  San Vicente of Oviedo church, first monument built in Oviedo, Kingdom of Asturias
  .
• 784–6 – Aljama Mosque (Mosque of Córdoba (Mezquita de Córdoba)) built in the Emirate of Córdoba, designed by Sidi ben Ayub for Emir Abd al-Rahman I.
• 786 – Aachen Cathedral begun.
• 787 – Construction of the first Würzburg Cathedral (building no longer existing).
• 790s – Villa and oratory at Germigny-des-Prés begun.
• 799 – Lyon Cathedral begun.
• second half of the 8th century;
  Church of St Donatus, located in Zadar, Croatia
  .

• 742 – Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect (died 814)^[2]

Deaths

See also

• 7th century in architecture
• 9th century in architecture
• Timeline of architecture

References