9th century in architecture
See also: 8th century in architecture, 10th century in architecture and the architecture timeline.
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 current form.
- c. 830ndash;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.[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.
- 881 – Bakong, first temple mountain built in Hariharalaya.
- c. 883–902 – Shankaragaurishvara Temple in Kashmir built.
- 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.
- Late 9th century – La Foncalada fountain in Oviedo, Asturias constructed.
Deaths
- 814 – Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect (born 742)