Built in the 8th century

Connected Sites: 28

WHS whose OUV derives entirely or significantly from 8th century constructions. Where construction straddles the centuries the date of conception/commencement is used i.e which century does the site really "belong" to in spirit.

Connected Sites

  • Anjar
    Anjar
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.16
    73
    5
    Construction of the city started in 714
  • Pattadakal
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.22
    45
    3
    Masterpiece Temple of Virupaksha, built c. 740
  • Quirigua
    Quirigua
    Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.22
    62
    7
    Blossomed during the reign of Cauac Sky (723-84)
  • Quseir Amra
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.03
    115
    11
    Built in the early 8th century by the Umayyad caliph Walid I
  • Reichenau
    Reichenau
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.61
    183
    10
    Founded in 724
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.32
    139
    10
    Temple of Bulguksa (built in 774), Seokguram Grotto (established in the 8th century)
  • Uxmal
    Uxmal
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.94
    172
    7
    Although settlement dates back to the Pre-classic Maya period (c800BC) the main development "was in the Late Classic Period (AD 650-1000).. Radiocarbon dating suggest(s)that the main structures in the complex were built between AD 700 and 1000" (AB). Uxmal was abandoned C1200AD.
  • Ancient Kyoto
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.44
    350
    20
    "Criterion ii Kyoto was the main centre for the evolution of religious and secular architecture and of garden design between the 8th and 17th centuries," - Kyoto was founded in 794 as a capital and evolved ever since; early temples remain
  • Aachen Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.74
    337
    18
    Construction started in 792
  • Saloum Delta
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.86
    38
    4
    "In the Saloum Delta, carbon 14 dating of the shell mounds dates the oldest at up to 400 BC. The creation of tumuli on certain large shell mounds occurred later. It started in the 8th century AD"
  • Khangchendzonga National Park
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.42
    15
    3
    The sacred Buddhist importance of the place begins in the 8th century with Guru Rinpoche’s initiation of the Buddhist sanctity of the region (AB ev)
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    Mezquita built in 784-987
  • Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.61
    24
    6
    The Paharpur Vihara, known as Somapura Mahavira, was built by the Pala Emperor Dharmapala (AD 770-810).
  • Birka and Hovgarden
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.28
    110
    9
    The town Birka was founded in the 8th century
  • Zabid
    Zabid
    Yemen
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.34
    10
    2
    Founded earlier but main period of formation
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    168
    6
    At its height from 700-800, Temple of the Great Jaguar probably built 730 completed by 734
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.14
    62
    5
    Agricultural practice in Coctaca started from 700 AD (nom file)
  • Palmeral of Elche
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.47
    144
    5
    It was with the Arab invasion in the 8th century AD that they began to be cultivated (AB ev)
  • Orkhon Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.52
    51
    6
    The Valley contains remains straddling many centuries. The Ruins of Khar Balgas date back to the 8th century AD. It was the capital of the Uighur Empire and was built on the site of the capital of the earlier Gokturk Empire - some of whose monuments also remain. 17kms away are the remains of Karakorum, founded by Ghengis Khan from 1220, which was to become the Mongol capital. It is overlooked by the nearby Erdene Zuu monastery which was built in 1585. (from Wiki and Nom file)
  • Mount Wutai
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.56
    45
    4
    holds some of the oldest existent wooden buildings in China that have survived since the era of the Tang Dynasty: the main hall of Nanchan Monastery and the East Hall of Fuguang Monastery, built in 782 and 857
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.66
    97
    6
    "Over the course of the centuries it has accumulated many cultural treasures. The most striking is the Giant Buddha: work began on carving it out of the mountainside in the early 8th century, and was not completed for ninety years." - Nomination File
  • Madara Rider
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.17
    107
    6
    Dated to 710
  • Huangshan
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.79
    84
    6
    "The first use of this name "Huangshan" is often attributed to Chinese poet Li Bai (Famous 8th century poet). Huangshan was fairly inaccessible and little-known in ancient times, but its change of name in 747 AD seems to have brought the area more attention; from then on, the area was visited frequently and many temples were built there." - wiki
  • Hedeby and Danevirke
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.23
    130
    6
    The first stage of monumental construction at the Dannewirke dates to 700 (Phase III)
  • Hani Rice Terraces
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.56
    33
    4
    tradition has existed during the past 1300 years (AB ev), so early 700s
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    76
    5
    Great Mosque of the Umayyads
  • Ancient Nara
    Inscribed: 1998
    4.00
    290
    14
    Capital of Japan from 710-784. Its buildings "illustrate the high cultural and artistic levels of the wooden architecture of 8th century Japan" (AB)
  • Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.29
    218
    11
    The Abbey was founded between 760 and 764