Asklemmy

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I live around the Yorkshire moors. There are dry stone walls up there which are up to 600 years old. I love walking up in the hills and thinking about that.

Nice trick to make ppl revel city they live in and possibly most of these ppl walk past it on semi regular basis so......

Domtrapphuset, the cathedral staircase house, built sometime between 1280 and 1330 AD. The cathedral the staircase (currently) leads to was finished in 1435.

Used to live in an old house that was already in official documents since the revolution. So not too bad. Walls were so thick...

A building from 1841 is still here from the French.

My home town has a building built originally in 1220. It is still in use by a pub. That's over 800 years old!

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

A castle built in 1526. It’s still in use, but it’s a museum and restaurant now.

It was built in the early 12th century.

Weve got Roman era ruins I think, but I cant find any info on the oldest standing building. Probably from the 13th-14th century.

Our old town hall was originally built in the 15th century but it is kind of a ship of Theseus situation as the oldest parts were destroyed in WWII.

I'm in a California suburb, and the oldest building we have is an old adobe barn from 1852, which is pretty old for California. We actually have a lot of historical buildings, too.

Smederevo Fortress - 1428.

A church built in the mid 1500’s is the oldest building in my current town. I used to live in a farmhouse that was built in the early 1600’s.

Don't know about the oldest home, but I'm living in a house built 10 years before the US State I was born in became a US state.

• s&d spinning mill - 1847
• grass hill school - one room school house, 1861
• asa waters mansion - 1826-1832

1870 to 1871 Government house was built in Darwin Australia.

Luckily survived the Japanese bombing raids and still stands today.

it's a bit hard to tell. of the buildings still standing and in use, the cathedral comes to mind, with was consecrated in 1238, but it stands on the site of the old mosque. this was torn down apparently in 1262, at which point construction on the cathedral began, but it would take centuries to finish everything.

there is another church that was named a parish in 1245 and so was probably already standing then, so perhaps that building is the oldest? I don't knoe how much of that original building is still standing though

That will probably be the church that was built in 1190s

The Old Tower from around 1300. It was part of a church that was destroyed in 1880.

A house from 1867, although a suburb has a house from 1853. Both are still lived in.

I lived "close" to Siem Reap and the oldest building is 900 year olds (Angkor Wat)

Probably the 1840s in use. Ruins probably go back to the 13th century or thereabouts but they are no longer buildings..

The tower of the old church was build around 1150, The rest of the church was build about 250 years ago.

1240 apparently https://en.czech-unesco.org/13_8874_old-town-hall-brno/