8th century in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- 709 - Jami Al-Aqsa first built in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire.
- 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).
- 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, Japan is completed.
- 755 - Hieroglyphic staircase finished in the Maya city of Copán.
- 759 - Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) temple founded in Heijō-kyō, Japan.
- 762 - Medinat as-Salam founded as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- 765 - Saidai-ji (西大寺) temple is founded in Heijō-kyō, Japan.
- 768 - Kasuga Shrine (春日大社) first founded in Heijō-kyō, 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 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.
- 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.
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