8th century in architecture

See also: 7th century in architecture, 9th century in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Buildings

Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch

• 709 – Al-Aqsa Mosque 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.
• 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 – Gormaz Castle 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 – Al-Aqsa Mosque 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.

Births

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

Deaths