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.

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.

cupcakezealot ,
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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.

hoya ,

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

lud ,

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

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

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.

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