9th century in architecture

See also: 8th century in architecture, 10th century in architecture, and the timeline of architecture.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

San Miguel de Lillo

• about 800 – Borobudur temple in Java completed.
• 802
  • Haeinsa of Korea, is constructed.
  • Palace of Charlemagne in Aachen, Carolingian Empire completed (begun about 790). The Palatine Chapel still stands.
  • At Oviedo in the Kingdom of Asturias
    • Cámara Santa constructed.
    • First reconstruction of Oviedo Cathedral begun by Tioda.
• 815 – Second Temple of Somnath built in the Pratihara Empire, India.
• 816 – Reims Cathedral begun.
• 810s – Chapel of San Zeno in Santa Prassede, Rome decorated.
• 818 – Old Cologne Cathedral built.
• 820s
  • Imperial Abbey of Corvey on the Weser founded.
  • Fontanella Abbey reconstructed.
• 827 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Fustat, Egypt reaches its final form.
• c. 830–842 – Construction of basilica church of San Julián de los Prados in Oviedo, Kingdom of Asturias, designed by Tioda.
• 836
  • Samarra founded in Mesopotamia as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
  • Great Mosque of Kairouan founded in Aghlabid Tunisia.
• 838 – Jawsaq Khakani Palace built in Samarra.
• 840s – Santa María del Naranco Hall, San Miguel de Lillo constructed.
• 840 – The main pagoda of the Three Pagodas in Dali, Yunnan, China is built.
• c. 842 – San Miguel de Lillo in Oviedo, Kingdom of Asturias is built.
• 847 – St. Peter's Basilica and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome partly rebuilt.

Santa María del Naranco in Oviedo, Spain

• 848
  • First enlargement of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, in the Emirate of Cordoba finished (begun in 832).
  • Santa María del Naranco built in Oviedo as part of a palace complex of Ramiro I King of Asturias
• c. 850 – Prambanan Temple built in Java.
• 851 – Great Mosque of Sousse built in Aghlabid Tunisia.
• 852
  • Great Mosque of Samarra and Malwiya Minaret completed (begun in 848).
  • Hildesheim Cathedral begun.
• c. 854 – Balkuwara Palace of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil built in Samarra.[1]
• 855 – Construction of the second Würzburg Cathedral (building no longer existing).
• 858 – Invading Vikings set fire to the earliest church on the site of Chartres Cathedral, necessitating its reconstruction.
• 859 – Halberstadt Cathedral constructed.
• 861 – Abu Dolaf Mosque built in Samarra (begun in 859).
• 862 – Reims Cathedral constructed.
• 864 – Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello partly rebuilt.
• 869 – City walls of Dijon, Le Mans and Tours reconstructed.
• c. 870 – Church of St. Apostles Peter and Paul in Serbia is reconstructed.
• 873 – Imperial Abbey of Corvey begun; church westwork completed c. 885.
• 875 – Great Mosque of Kairouan in Aghlabid Tunisia reaches its current aspect.
• c. 875 – The Great Basilica of Pliska, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire is finished.
• 879
  • Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Fustat, Tulunid Egypt finished (begun in 876; consecrated 884).
  • Preah Ko, first temple built in the Khmer Empire capital of Hariharalaya.

Tarikhaneh Temple in Iran built in 880.

• 880
  • The oldest Islamic contraction in Iran, the Tarikhaneh Temple (mosque) in Damghan, is built.[2]
  • Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople consecrated.
• 881 – Bakong, first temple mountain built in Hariharalaya.
• c. 883–902 – Shankaragaurishvara Temple in Kashmir built.
• After 887 – St Mark's Campanile in Venice begun as a watch tower.
• 893 – Lolei temple in Hariharalaya built.
• 897 – Reconstruction of Nantes Cathedral begun.
• 9th century
  • Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan – the right bell-tower; known as "dei Monaci" ("bell tower of the monks"), is constructed.
  • Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur, Punjab built.
  • Banyunibo Buddhist temple in Java is constructed.
  • Church of Holy Trinity, Split (Croatian: Crkva sv. Trojstva); located in Split, Croatia
  • Church of the Holy Cross, Nin (Croatian: Crkva svetog Križa); located in Nin, Croatia
• Late 9th century – La Foncalada fountain in Oviedo, Asturias constructed.

Deaths

• 814 – Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect (born 742)

References

1. The Balkuwara Palace, Derek Kennet, Durham University
2. http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/chronology-1 iranicaonline.org