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Buildings and structures
* 601–607 – Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) in Nara, 
* 680
** Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) Buddhist temple first built in
Buildings
* 601–607 – Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) in Nara, Japan
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, built for the first time.
* 605 – Completion of
** Anji Bridge
The Anji Bridge () is the world's oldest open-spandrel segmental arch bridge of stone construction.This title strictly applies only to the ''sum of attributes given'' (O’Connor, Colin: ''Roman Bridges'', Cambridge University Press 1993, , p.171) ...
(趙州橋 or Zhaozhou Bridge) in Sui dynasty
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China. The bridge was finished in 616.
** Jvari monastery in Georgia.
* 611 – Four Gates Pagoda (四門塔) in Sui dynasty China is completed.
* 613 – Abbey of Saint Gall in Switzerland founded.
* 618 – St. Hripsime Church in Echmiadzin, Armenia built.
* 634 – Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque
The Mosque of Omar Ibn al-Khattab ( ar, مسجد عمر بن الخطاب) is a historic mosque in Dumat al-Jandal in northern Saudi Arabia, located adjacent to the Marid Castle. It is
one of the oldest mosques in the north of the Arabian Penins ...
, Dumat al-Jandal, Arabia is completed.
* 635 – Convent on Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...
, off the coast of Bernicia (north east England), founded.
* 636 – Xumi Pagoda
The Xumi Pagoda () or Sumeru Pagoda, also known as Summer Pagoda is a Chinese pagoda of the Buddhist Kaiyuan Monastery west of Zhengding, Hebei province, China. This square-base stone and brick pagoda was built in the year 636 AD during the reign ...
(須彌塔) in Zhengding, Tang dynasty China, built.
* 640 – Daqin Pagoda (大秦塔) in Chang'an, Tang dynasty China, completed.
* 641 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Fustat, Umayyad Egypt, begun.
* 646 – Hwangnyongsa pagoda completed.
* 652
** Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (大雁塔) in Chang'an, capital of Tang dynasty China, first built.
** Zvartnots Cathedral in Armenia built.
* 654 – Jumièges Abbey in Normandy founded.
* 661 – San Juan de Baños, Palencia in Visigothic Spain
The Visigothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of the Goths ( la, Regnum Gothorum), was a kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic successor states to ...
consecrated.
* 662-663 – Penglai Palace renovated.
* 669 – Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Buddhist temple
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in Yamashina, Japan, first constructed.
* c. 670
** City of Kairouan in Tunisia and its Great Mosque
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** All Saints' Church, Brixworth in England founded.
* 674 – Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey in Northumbria founded.
* 680
** Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) Buddhist temple first built in Fujiwara-kyō
was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years, between 694 and 710. It was located in Yamato Province (present-day Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara in Nara Prefecture), having been moved from nearby Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. However, the name Fujiwa ...
, capital of Asuka period Japan.
** Construction begins on San Pedro de la Nave
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church in Zamora, Visigothic Spain
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.
* c. 682 – Work begin on the construction of Fujiwara-kyō
was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years, between 694 and 710. It was located in Yamato Province (present-day Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara in Nara Prefecture), having been moved from nearby Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. However, the name Fujiwa ...
(藤原京) as the future capital of Japan
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(694-710).
* 683 – Temple of Inscriptions built in the Maya city of Palenque.
* 684 – Qianling Mausoleum (乾陵) near Chang'an, Tang dynasty China, completed.
* 691-692 – Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock ( ar, قبة الصخرة, Qubbat aṣ-Ṣakhra) is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, a site also known to Muslims as the ''al-Haram al-Sharif'' or the Al-Aqsa Compound. Its initial ...
in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire
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, completed.
* 692 – Temple of the Cross built in the Maya city of Palenque.
* 698 – Abbey of Echternach in Luxembourg founded.
* Year unknown – Saint Frutuoso Chapel in Braga, Visigothic Kingdom, built.
See also
*6th century in architecture
Events
* 550s – Procopius writes ''The Buildings of Justinian'' ( grc-gre, Περὶ Κτισμάτων ''Perì Ktismáton'', la, De Aedificiis, "On Buildings").
Buildings and structures Buildings
* About 500 – Arian Baptistry and Archbisho ...
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* 709 – Jami Al-Aqsa 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 ...
*Timeline of architecture
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