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What is the oldest building on earth?

Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site of a temple in Southeastern Turkey and has been dated back to 9500 - 8000 BCE. This date was discovered by carbon dating old tools found during excavations. This building is in fact the oldest structure on earth that we have found to date.



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Knap of Howar, Orkney The UK's oldest surviving building is this Neolithic farmstead on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney.

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It's staggering to think that 2,000 years ago the Romans were constructing buildings like the Pantheon, a domed masterpiece with a portico of 12 granite columns. It is the oldest building on Earth still in regular use and looking up at its glorious ceiling and occulus, the sense of space is truly breathtaking.

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The Parthenon was completed around the year 432 BCE, while the Colosseum was not completed until the year 80 CE. This makes a difference of roughly 510 years, give or take.

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Colchester: Oldest Recorded Settlement in England Colchester in Essex, England, considers itself the oldest recorded settlement in England. It also served as England's first capital. There may have been a settlement sometime between 400 and 500 BCE, and the first century CE played host to the Romans.

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The Saltford Manor is a stone house in Saltford, Somerset, near Bath, that is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.



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The cairn of Barnenez in Brittany, France, is the oldest building in Europe. It is 7,000 years old (built between 5,100 and 4,500 BC).

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Canterbury Cathedral
  • Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. ...
  • Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 1070 and 1077.


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