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.^[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 – 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.