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How old is the oldest building in the town you live in? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

A local church is about that old (or it's at least that old, the oldest record of it is from 1262). But there might just be a barn or a windmill that's much older and nobody knows because at that point it's actually medieval and record keeping wasn't great back then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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