8th century in architecture

Buildings and structures Buildings

709 – Jami Al-Aqsa first built in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire (begun in 707). 709 – Small Wild Goose Pagoda in China is completed. before 710 – Qasr Kharana castle built in the Umayyad Empire. 710 – The capital of Japan is moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō (平城京) (Nara). 711 – Fujiwara-kyō is destroyed by a fire. c. 711 – Hōryū-ji temple reconstructed in Ikaruga, Japan. 714 – Umayyad Mosque built in Damascus, capital of the Umayyad Empire. Begun in 707. 715 – Umayyad city of Anjar built in Lebanon. c. 715 – Qasr Amra castle built in the Umayyad Empire. c. 717–757 – Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch in Crimea is constructed. 721 – Al-Omari Mosque (Bosra) completed in 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 Mshatta Umayyad Palace. c. 744 – Umayyad palace of 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. Tōdai-ji (東大寺) temple in Heijō-kyō (Nara), Japan is completed (the modern-day building is a 1709 reconstruction). 755 – Hieroglyphic staircase finished in the Maya city of Copán. 759 – Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) temple founded in Heijō-kyō (Nara), Japan. 762 – Medinat as-Salam (modern-day Baghdad) founded as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. 765 – Saidai-ji (西大寺) temple is founded in Heijō-kyō (Nara), Japan. 768 – Kasuga Shrine (春日大社) first founded in Heijō-kyō (Nara), Japan. 770 – Rock-carved Kailash Temple in Ellora, India commissioned by Rashtrakuta King Krishna I. 771 – Jami Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem rebuilt by the Abbasid caliph 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.

Births 742 – Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect (died 814)

Deaths

See also 7th century in architecture 9th century in architecture Timeline of architecture

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