9th century in architecture
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- about 800 - Borobudur temple in Java completed.
- 802
- * Haeinsa of Korea, is constructed.
- * Palace of Charlemagne in Aachen, Carolingian Empire completed. 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.
- 848
- * First enlargement of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, in the Emirate of Cordoba finished.
- * 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.
- * Hildesheim Cathedral begun.
- c. 854 - Balkuwara Palace of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil built in Samarra.
- 855 - Construction of the second Würzburg Cathedral.
- 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.
- 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.
- * Preah Ko, first temple built in the Khmer Empire capital of Hariharalaya.
- 880
- * The oldest Islamic contraction in Iran, the Tarikhaneh Temple in Damghan, is built.
- * Nea Ekklesia church in Constantinople consecrated.
- 881 - Bakong, first temple mountain built in Hariharalaya.
- c. 883-902 - Shankaragaurishvara Temple in Kashmir built.
- 885 - Chausath Yogini temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
- 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", is constructed.
- * Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur, Punjab built.
- * Banyunibo Buddhist temple in Java is constructed.
- * Church of Holy Trinity, Split in Split, Croatia.
- * Church of the Holy Cross, Nin in Nin, Croatia.
- * Fortified Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer in Provence.
- Late 9th century - La Foncalada fountain in Oviedo, Asturias constructed.
Deaths