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9th century in architecture

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9th century in architecture

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

Contents

Buildings

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 880
  • The oldest Islamic contraction in Iran, the Tarikhaneh Temple (mosque) 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.
  • 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.
  • Late 9th century – La Foncalada fountain in Oviedo, Asturias constructed.

    • Deaths

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

    • References

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