7th century in architecture
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Buildings and structures
=Buildings=
File:Hripsime 2014 pic 07.JPG in Echmiadzin, Armenia]]
- 601–607 – Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) in Nara, Japan, built for the first time.{{cite web|title=Hōryū Temple – temple, Ikaruga, Japan|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Horyu-Temple|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}}
- 605 – Completion of
- Anji Bridge (趙州橋 or Zhaozhou Bridge) in Sui dynasty China. The bridge was finished in 616.{{cite book|last1=Lu|first1=Yongxiang|title=A History of Chinese Science and Technology|date=2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-662-44163-3|page=418|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Js_lBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA418|language=en}}
- Jvari monastery in Georgia.{{cite web|title=Georgia – Mtskheta – Jvari monastery Photo by Irina Kalatozishvili|url=http://m.yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/5852537/?ys_referrer=https://www.google.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063832/http://m.yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/5852537/?ys_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2018|website=National Geographic|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}}
- 611 – Four Gates Pagoda (四門塔) in Sui dynasty China is completed.{{cite book|last1=Wang|first1=Eugene Yuejin|title=Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China|date=2005|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=978-0-295-98462-9|page=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8X2bNasjuW4C&pg=PA321|language=en}}
- 613 – Abbey of Saint Gall in Switzerland founded.{{cite book|title=the abbey of st. gall as a centre of literature and art|year=1926|publisher=CUP Archive|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwU4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68|language=en}}
- 618 – St. Hripsime Church in Echmiadzin, Armenia built.{{cite web|title=SAINT HRIP'SIME|url=http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_architecture/hripsime.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910171417/http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_architecture/hripsime.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|website=California State University – Armenian Studies Program|access-date=4 March 2018|date=10 September 2012}}
- 634 – Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque, Dumat al-Jandal, Arabia is completed.
- 635 – Convent on Lindisfarne, off the coast of Bernicia (north east England), founded.{{cite book|last1=Abraham|first1=Rudolf|title=St Oswald's Way and St Cuthbert's Way: With the Northumberland Coast Path|date=2016|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-78362-369-3|page=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq1GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT32|language=en}}
- 636 – Xumi Pagoda (須彌塔) in Zhengding, Tang dynasty China, built.{{cite book|last1=Planet|first1=Lonely|last2=Harper|first2=Damian|last3=Chen|first3=Piera|last4=Dai|first4=Min|last5=Eimer|first5=David|last6=Ho|first6=Tienlon|last7=Kelly|first7=Robert|last8=Low|first8=Shawn|last9=Matchar|first9=Emily|last10=McCrohan|first10=Daniel|title=Lonely Planet China|date=2015|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74360-538-7|page=327|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Db1lCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT327|language=en}}
- 640 – Daqin Pagoda (大秦塔) in Chang'an, Tang dynasty China, completed.{{cite book|last1=Avery|first1=Martin|title=The Bethune Trilogy|date=2014|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-304-92225-0|page=381|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6i6LBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT381|language=en}}{{cite book|title=The Silk Road Encyclopedia|date=2016|publisher=Seoul Selection|isbn=978-1-62412-076-3|page=1218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgOwDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1218|language=en}}
- 641 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Fustat, Umayyad Egypt, begun.{{cite web|title=Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ - mosque, Cairo, Egypt|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mosque-of-Amr-ibn-al-As|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en}}
- 646 – Hwangnyongsa pagoda completed.{{cite book|last1=Yuseop|first1=Go|title=A Study of Korean Pagodas: Joseon tappa ui yeon'gu|date=2017|publisher=Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism|page=299|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZlEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT299|language=en}}
- 652
- Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (大雁塔) in Chang'an, capital of Tang dynasty China, first built.{{cite book|last1=Melton|first1=J. Gordon|title=Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-026-3|page=517|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI9_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA517|language=en}}
- Zvartnots Cathedral in Armenia built.{{cite book|last1=Ching|first1=Francis D. K.|last2=Jarzombek|first2=Mark M.|last3=Prakash|first3=Vikramaditya|title=A Global History of Architecture|date=2017|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-98160-3|page=969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SPqKDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT969|language=en}}
File:Yakushiji Nara03s3s4350.jpg in Fujiwara-kyō, Japan]]
- 654 – Jumièges Abbey in Normandy founded.{{cite book|last1=Charles|first1=Victoria|last2=Carl|first2=Klaus|title=Romanesque Art|date=2016|publisher=Parkstone International|isbn=978-1-78525-939-5|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMU8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|language=en}}
- 661 – San Juan de Baños, Palencia in Visigothic Spain consecrated.{{cite web|title=Basílica de San Juan Bautista o de San Juan de Baños|url=http://www.palenciaturismo.es/contenido/b5622ce0-d5f4-11de-b283-fb9baaa14523|website=www.palenciaturismo.es|access-date=5 March 2018|language=es}}
- 662-663 – Penglai Palace renovated.{{cite book|last1=Chen|first1=Jinhua|title=Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712)|date=2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004156135|page=105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSkbHeXWLUwC&pg=PA105|language=en}}
- 669 – Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Buddhist temple in Yamashina, Japan, first constructed.{{cite book|title=Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan, 1350–1850|date=2016|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004336117|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbePDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|language=en}}
- c. 670
- City of Kairouan in Tunisia and its Great Mosque founded.{{cite web|title=Kairouan|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/499|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en}}
- All Saints' Church, Brixworth in England founded.{{cite book|last=Clapham|first=Alfred|author-link=Alfred Clapham|year=1930|title=English Romanesque Architecture, 1, Before the Conquest|publisher=Oxford University Press|quote=perhaps the most imposing architectural memorial of the 7th century yet surviving north of the Alps.|page=33}}
- 674 – Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey in Northumbria founded.{{cite web|title=History of St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-pauls-monastery-jarrow/history/|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk|access-date=5 March 2018}}
- 680
- Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) Buddhist temple first built in Fujiwara-kyō, capital of Asuka period Japan.{{cite book|title=Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition: The Nihon Ryōiki of the Monk Kyōkai|date=1997|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7007-0449-1|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB_VYzqQ71EC&pg=PA15|language=en}}
- Construction begins on San Pedro de la Nave church in Zamora, Visigothic Spain.{{cite book|last1=Lapunzina|first1=Alejandro|title=Architecture of Spain|date=2005|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31963-1|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDmR2i32cygC&pg=PR13|language=en}}
- c. 682 – Work begin on the construction of Fujiwara-kyō (藤原京) as the future capital of Japan (694-710).{{cite book|last1=Steele|first1=James|title=Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-37729-0|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C0lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|language=en}}
- 683 – Temple of Inscriptions built in the Maya city of Palenque.{{cn|date=May 2020}}
- 684 – Qianling Mausoleum (乾陵) near Chang'an, Tang dynasty China, completed.{{cite book|last1=Christensen|first1=Matthew B.|title=Geek in China: Discovering the Land of Alibaba, Bullet Trains and Dim Sum|date=2016|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-1836-2|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mf5ODQAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|language=en}}
- 691-692 – Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire, completed.{{cite web|title=Dome of the Rock|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dome-of-the-Rock|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en}}
- 692 – Temple of the Cross built in the Maya city of Palenque.{{cite book|last1=Marken|first1=Damien B.|title=Palenque: Recent Investigations at the Classic Maya Center|date=2007|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=978-0-7591-1385-5|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVB3AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA74|language=en}}
- 698 – Abbey of Echternach in Luxembourg founded.{{cite book|last1=Ring|first1=Trudy|last2=Watson|first2=Noelle|last3=Schellinger|first3=Paul|title=Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-63944-9|page=241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA241|language=en}}
- Year unknown – Saint Frutuoso Chapel in Braga, Visigothic Kingdom, built.{{cite book|last1=Beawes|first1=Wyndham|title=A civil, commercial, political and literary history of Spain and Portugal|date=1793|publisher=R. Faulder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mRaAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA62|language=en}}
{{wide image|Mosque of Amr (panorama).jpg|800px|Panorama view of interior of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Fustat, Egypt}}