8th century in architecture

See also: 7th century in architecture, 9th century in architecture, and the timeline of architecture.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch

Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta, Java

Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

• 709 – Al-Aqsa Mosque 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.[1]
• 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 – Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem rebuilt by the Abbasid caliph Al Mansur.
• 774
  • Lorsch Abbey consecrated.
  • Construction of Charlemagne's palace at Ingelheim am Rhein begun.

Church of St Donatus in Zadar, Croatia

• 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)[2]

Deaths

References

1. Travel, D. K. (2018). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide China. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 170. ISBN 9780241358108.
2. Westfahl, Gary (2015). A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes]: 300 Trades and Professions through History. ABC-CLIO. p. 586. ISBN 9781610694032.