How old is the oldest building in the town you live in?

To those from the Western hemisphere, it's always fascinating to hear that some homes and businesses from the times of the Greek philosophers still have inhabitants, and then you remember that the Western hemisphere is itself not without its own examples, for example some Mexican villages still have temples from the times of the Mayans.

Lazer365 ,

A church built in the mid 1500’s is the oldest building in my current town. I used to live in a farmhouse that was built in the early 1600’s.

dreugeworst ,

it's a bit hard to tell. of the buildings still standing and in use, the cathedral comes to mind, with was consecrated in 1238, but it stands on the site of the old mosque. this was torn down apparently in 1262, at which point construction on the cathedral began, but it would take centuries to finish everything.

there is another church that was named a parish in 1245 and so was probably already standing then, so perhaps that building is the oldest? I don't knoe how much of that original building is still standing though

lud ,

That will probably be the church that was built in 1190s

hoya ,

1240 apparently https://en.czech-unesco.org/13_8874_old-town-hall-brno/

miracleorange ,

I'm in a California suburb, and the oldest building we have is an old adobe barn from 1852, which is pretty old for California. We actually have a lot of historical buildings, too.

cupcakezealot ,
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Forne ,

1310 it's a small house (max. 10m wide) in the town centre.
Today it's part of the library of the University hosting different exhibitions.
It's called Günter Grass Archiv in Göttingen, Germany.

SexDwarf ,

Build in 1723.

AnUnusualRelic ,
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First or second century for the Roman baths. They're not in a great state though.

jeeva ,

Had to look it up, but "most probably" built between AD 1000–1050. Love that it's old enough that we're not entirely sure...

sobanto ,

The tower of the old church was build around 1150, The rest of the church was build about 250 years ago.

Lemmy_2019 ,

We have 1168. Big splurge on ecclesiastical building in the 1100s.

BruceLee ,
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Normal people houses don't survive much longer that 500-600 years bc on fire and bombing, but town hall, temple, fort, palace and other administration building can be much much older.

TheWolfOfSouthEnd ,

I live in the western hemisphere, but a church…Late 1200s.

There was a shop, but that was allowed to fall in to disrepair, as the heritage order on it meant it couldn’t be changed, that was built around 1600s and knocked down a few years ago.

Next oldest now is a pub…late 1730s.

Scubus ,

I believe the first building here was contracted around 1920-40

MehBlah ,

Early 1800's. I grew up in a house that was built in 1905.

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