page_title: 7th century in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 7th century in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Հայերեն: Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե տաճար, Վաղարշապատ This is a photo of a monument in Armenia identified by the ID 4.2/17
context_page_description: 8th century in architecture, and the
  timeline of architecture.
context_section_description: 601–607 – Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) in Nara, Japan, built for the first time.
  605 – Completion of
  Anji Bridge (趙州橋 or Zhaozhou Bridge) in Sui dynasty 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.
  635 – Convent on Lindisfarne, off the coast of Bernicia (north east England), founded.
  636 – Xumi Pagoda (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 consecrated.
  662-663 – Penglai Palace renovated.
  669 – Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Buddhist temple in Yamashina, Japan, first constructed.
  c. 670
  City of Kairouan in Tunisia and its Great Mosque founded.
  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, capital of Asuka period Japan.
  Construction begins on San Pedro de la Nave church in Zamora, Visigothic Spain.
  c. 682 – Work begin on the construction of Fujiwara-kyō (藤原京) as the future capital of Japan (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 in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire, 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.
caption: St. Hripsime Church in Echmiadzin, Armenia
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