9th century in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• about 800 - Borobudur temple in Java completed.
• 802
• * Haeinsa of Korea, is constructed.
• * Palace of Charlemagne in Aachen, Carolingian Empire completed. 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.
• * 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.
• * Hildesheim Cathedral begun.
• c. 854 - Balkuwara Palace of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil built in Samarra.
• 855 - Construction of the second Würzburg Cathedral.
• 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.
• 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.
• * Preah Ko, first temple built in the Khmer Empire capital of Hariharalaya.

• 880
• * The oldest Islamic contraction in Iran, the Tarikhaneh Temple 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", is constructed.
• * Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur, Punjab built.
• * Banyunibo Buddhist temple in Java is constructed.
• * Church of Holy Trinity, Split ; located in Split, Croatia
• * Church of the Holy Cross, Nin ; located in Nin, Croatia
• Late 9th century - La Foncalada fountain in Oviedo, Asturias constructed.

  Deaths

• 814 - Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect