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.
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.
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
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.
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…
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.
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
Surprise surprise, it’s a church. Riddarholmen Church built in the 13th century.
Probably less than 100 years, I live in New Zealand…
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.
The first Roman fort on the site of the castle was likely built around 55AD.
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.
My dad lives in a house that the oldest rooms date from around 500 years ago lol. It would be very had to tell by just looking at the house, since it’s been updated and expanded over the centuries.
We don’t even know if it really is that old, but from figuring it out from some renovations and the position in the town, it’s a good guess.
LAFITTE’S BLACKSMITH SHOP BAR, circa 1730
I live in a young city, so its from 1407.
The oldest extant building is circa 1832, so ~192 years old - not much compared to some places but doing well for an Australian building.
Perth?
True story - I moved from Scotland to Perth when I was 6. A few months later I visited Tranby House, one of the oldest buildings in Perth at around 1830. I remember thinking to myself that our house in Scotland before we moved was older than that (circa 1800)
Canberra actually - it’s an old dairy building that’s part of Duntroon (one of the original homesteads of the region but more well known for being where RMC/ADFA is). It pre dates Canberra by a good bit though since development of the city only really began to gain traction in the 1920s.
I live in Athens, and the oldest home still standing is about 500 years old (start of 16th century)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Windmill,_Brisbane
It was built in the 1820s
I grew up in the Western US, so I’m a big… fan of this underwhelming 1820s business.
Bremen Cathedral’s oldest part is from 1044, but there was a wooden church structure there in 789 until it was completely burned down by raiding Saxons.
I used to live in Regensburg, one of the northernmost Roman garrisons. So, the oldest remaining building (stone wall) is almost 2000 years old.