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.
I’m sure there are older ones, but this one looks like someone left a few weeks ago even though it’s from the 1890’s. You can walk into it after a medium hike. There’s still soot in the fireplace.
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The really old stuff from the native Americans might be around but I’m not familiar with it.
not exactly “a” building, but i live around 20 minutes from a copper mine which was in active use from around 900AD to within my lifetime. it’s a museum today.
Not sure but my city refuses to tear some down old buildings for "historical prosperity. These aren’t even nice buildings, they’re all condemed generic concrete blocks.
One of the churches still has some original buildings from around 1740. Old for the us, not so old for Europe.
The oldest intact building in my city is from 1320 - so 700 years old. Baguely Hall, which is an old landowners hall.
The city itself - Manchester - dates back to the roman era and we have the remnants of an old castrum/fort in the city centre dating back to 79 AD - so 1945 years old. Surprisingly there were more complete ruins at the site but much of it was levelled during the industrial revolution.
That would be a cabin that dates to the mid-1800s now preserved as a museum.
In southern Spain you can’t dig without hitting some stone age stuff. My town was a known stop for travellers before the Romans took over because of fresh water wells. Eventually a roman road was built about two millenia ago, and still ride on it with my bike for some routes.
No old buildings remain, this was a roadside village and stuff was made cheap and not meant to last, but there is a funeral arrangement from 600 BC that was unearthed and sent to the national museum. More info
Atlantan here. Idk, go ask !shermanposting@lemmy.world or something.
The castle down the road from me is pretty old. It’s from 79CE:
The Roman fort in Castlefield, Manchester, England, was founded around 79 AD. The fort was originally named Mamucium, but is also known as Mancunium.
The first house in my city is from 1976, the entire city is built on reclaimed land. It went from 100 residents back then to more than 220,000 now.
A fun fact is that they still find stuff in the ground from old shipwrecks to crashed WW2 bombers.
When I lived in Germany for a couple years, I was surprised to learn that the large church in the center on my village was about 1,000 years old. This one building has been standing longer than America has been a country. Over 4x as long, too! European culture amazes me because there’s such a lengthy history, and so many things are much older than I’d imagine. American history is so short in comparison, and we’re more likely to tear down and build new and cheap than create a solid structure that will last for hundreds of years.
A church built in the 9th century, still in use today. Underground: Walls from the Roman empire, 2000 years or older. Dig deeper and you’ll find remnants of the stone age. Germany.
Our-dear-lady-church. Build circa 1250. Well preserved, still in use
Its very hard to find anything in the lower 48 and Canada (Your right, Mexico has a lot more preserved sites) that are older that 400 years old. I was recently out in southern Utah and there are petroglyphs around Moab, some depicting horses which dates them to no earlier than the mid-1600s. Others are believed to be significantly older.
Meaning Ive seen something in the US that is older than your mum. /s
1904, maybe? It’s the only one I know the age of. Maybe the court house is technically older, probably is, but it’s been overhauled a lot.
