10th century in architecture

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• 900–910 – Construction of Phnom Bakheng, the center of the Khmer Empire capital Yasodharapura.
• 900 – Lalguan Mahadev temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 908 – Monastery of the Mother of God (Lips Monastery) inaugurated in Constantinople.
• c. 910 – Construction of the Governor's Palace in the Maya city of Uxmal.
• 910 – Souillac Abbey founded.
• 913 – Minden Cathedral founded.
• 925 – Brahma Temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 936 – Gndevank monastery founded in Armenia.
• 938 – St Martin's Church, Tours fortified.
• 939 – Lakshmana temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 953 – East Mebon consecrated in Angkor.
• 941–942 – Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, is erected in its original location.
• 943 – Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur, India, begun.
• 945 – Palace of Medina Azahara first occupied as the new capital of the Emirate of Córdoba (begun c. 936; construction continues until c. 961).
• 946 – Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in the Auvergne consecrated.
• 950 – Varaha temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• c. 950–1050 – St Nicholas' Church, Worth, England first built.
• 954 – Parshvanatha temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 960 – Ghantai temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• c. 960–969 – Convent church of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode in the Marca Geronis constructed.
• 961 – Tiger Hill Pagoda (Yunyan Pagoda or Huqiu Tower) of Suzhou, China is completed (begun in 907).
• 962 – Pre Rup temple built in Angkor, Cambodia.
• 963 – Second abbey at Cluny begun.
• 965 – Reconstruction of St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne begun.
• 967 – Tribhuvanamahesvara (Great Lord of the Threefold World) temple (modern name Banteay Srei) consecrated in the Khmer Empire.
• 968 – Construction of Baksei Chamkrong in the Khmer Empire.
• c. 970
  • Muktesvara deula in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, completed.
  • Palace temple of Phimeanakas in Angkor constructed.
  • Tower nave of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton, England, built.
• 972 – Construction of al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo complete.
• 973 – Foundation of Cairo, capital of Fatimid Egypt.
• 974 – Construction of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Catalonia complete.
• 975 – Mainz Cathedral begun.
• 977 – Longhua Pagoda in Shanghai, China is begun.
• 980 – St. Pantaleon's Church, Cologne built (the notable Westwork dates back to this period).
• 980s – Saint-Pierre-de-Jumièges constructed.
• 987 – Last enlargement campaign on the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the Emirate of Córdoba, bringing the monument close to its modern-day aspect.
• 990s – Notre-Dame de la Basse-Œuvre, Beauvais constructed.
• 995 – Mahishasuramardini temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• 999 – Bab-al-Mardum Mosque built in Toledo, Emirate of Cordoba.
• 999 – Vishvanatha temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom.
• Date Unknown
  • Church of the Theotokos in Hosios Loukas, Byzantine Greece.
  • Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Labovë e Kryqit, Albania
  • Khakhuli Monastery built in Tao.

References

References

1. (2006). "Encyclopedia of World Religions". Foreign Media Group.