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.

groet ,

The western hemisphere isn't just the Americas. It includes half of europe...

There are quite a few people in the western hemisphere that don't even bat an eye when they walk past a 1000 year old building on their way to work every day.

For me the oldest building is just a random house from the 13 century.

Dippy ,
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I live in New England and I'm gonna guess either the 1700s school house or one of a couple buildings I suspect are log cabins. Those could go back to around 1650

Tobberone ,

I know what you mean. The oldest building i pass every day is from dates from 1250, but compared to the parts of Europe rich in architecture that's not really very old...

zksmk ,

The western hemisphere isn’t just the Americas. It includes half of europe…

"Half" is stretching it. More like a slice: UK, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain and a slice of France.

Anamana , (edited )

The oldest building in/around Vienna is believed to be the Roman stone quarry in Leithaprodersdorf. It dates back to the Roman era, around 43 AD.

The oldest continuously inhabited building in Vienna is generally considered to be the Griechenbeisl, a historic restaurant located in the Innere Stadt district. It has been in operation since the 15th century.

card797 ,

LAFITTE'S BLACKSMITH SHOP BAR, circa 1730

espentan ,

"Fitte" is a norwegian word for pussy, so apparently that was all it took to get a giggle out of me today.

tedvdb ,
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I live in a young city, so its from 1407.

svamp ,

Surprise surprise, it's a church.
Riddarholmen Church built in the 13th century.

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

Taleya ,

If you're talking white people, technically cooks cottage (built 30 years before the first fleet) but it was brought over and reassembled in the 1930's lol

Indigenous, probably the eel traps / farming system. That's 9,000 years old iirc

Zane ,

Or if you're up in the top end, there's Nawarla Gabarnmung which dates to about 44kya. Some natural rock pillars in the shelter, others modified and others still constructed or relocated.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

I know about the cottage and that is a pretty sneaky one haha... What's the eels thing?

Taleya ,

Budj Bim eel farm and accompanying stone huts. Massive aquaculture farm / village the Gunditjmara people built that not only secured their own food supply, but is so large and effective for trade the term 'industrial level' has been used

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

That's pretty interesting

tiredofsametab ,

I actually don't know. The area I now live in was partially wiped out by the tsunami in 2011 closer to the coast. We definitely have some buildings that are a few hundred years old that are still in use. Different parts of Japan have older, but it's almost always a Ship of Theseus sort of situation.

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.

ReCursing ,
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Well there's a park with some ruins from the Roman occupation, which founded this settlement in 79AD. If you count them, that's 1945 years... if not, apparently there are some churches between 800 and 900 years old that still contains some parts of the original Norman construction, although they have been altered since

pgetsos ,
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I live in Athens, and the oldest home still standing is about 500 years old (start of 16th century)

gigachad ,

I think it is an old church from around 1100. The oldest residential house is much younger, about 1550.

MehBlah ,

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

anti ,

The first Roman fort on the site of the castle was likely built around 55AD.

absGeekNZ ,
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Probably less than 100 years, I live in New Zealand....

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