9th Century in Architecture - Buildings

Buildings

• about 800 – Borobudur temple in Java completed.
• 802 – Haeinsa of Korea, is constructed.
• 802 – Cámara Santa of Oviedo, Kingdom of Asturias constructed.
• 805 – Palace of Charlemagne in Aachen, Carolingian Empire completed (begun about 790). The Palatine Chapel still stands today.
• 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 – Abbey of Corvey founded.
• 820s – Fontanella Abbey reconstructed.
• 827 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Fustat, Egypt reaches its current form.
• c. 830 – Construction of San Julián de los Prados in Oviedo, Kingdom of Asturias
• 836 – Samarra founded in Mesopotamia as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• 836 – 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 San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome partly rebuilt.
• 848 – First enlargement of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, in the Emirate of Cordoba finished (begun in 832).
• 848 – 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 – Malawiya Mosque of Samarra built (begun in 848).
• 852 – 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).
• 859 – Halberstadt Cathedral constructed.
• 861 – Abu Dolaf Mosque built in Samarra (begun in 859).
• 862 – Reims Cathedral constructed.
• 869 – City walls of Dijon, Le Mans and Tours reconstructed.
• c. 870 – Church of St. Apostles Peter and Paul in Serbia is reconstructed.
• 873 – Corvey Abbey begun.
• 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).
• 879 – Preah Ko, first temple built in the Khmer Empire capital of Hariharalaya.
• 881 – Bakong, first temple mountain built in Hariharalaya.
• 893 – Lolei temple built in Hariharalaya.
• 897 – Reconstruction of Nantes Cathedral begun.
• Specific year not listed
  • 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.