Whats the OLDEST building (Not a ruin) you have ever been inside of?

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: jwells777
Probably the Pantheon in Rome...I think that is quite a bit older than the Vatican, though I am not entirely sure. BTW, the Pantheon is freaking schweet...I highly recommend going to Italy.

I second. Italy is awesome.
Egypt came before Rome right? Then, if not ruins, one of the pyramids in Cairo, but I don't know which one. Also, Abu Simbel isn't ruins (yet) so I guess that might count, even though I didn't go "inside" per se. Some place in Egypt is definitely tops for me though. I highly recommend going there. History galore, it's awesome.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I think for me it would be the Tower of London

Ditto.

 

[Walleye]

the vatican, st. augestine fort..

 

[Mill]

Stuff and Morocco that was over 1000 years old.

 

[Coquito]

Alot of the old spanish churches/forts in puerto rico. I think only a few are still originals. Mostly early-mid 1600s. The rest were all rebuilt several times till about the mid 1800s.

Also all of old san juan. not sure how old the town is though. Beautiful places/views nonetheless.

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Walleye
the vatican, st. augestine fort..

I would love to see all the sites around & inside the vatican. Too bad some of the best stuff isn't available to the public.

 

[FrustratedUser]

My apartment

 

[jwells777]

Originally posted by: Coquito

Originally posted by: Walleye
the vatican, st. augestine fort..

I would love to see all the sites around & inside the vatican. Too bad some of the best stuff isn't available to the public.

Although I was not raised Catholic, I was able to attend Mass at the Vatican and listen to the Pope. It was a very interesting experience and it was amazing to listen to the Pope. He speaks so many languages fluently it is absolutely incredible.

 

[sillymofo]

How old is Venice? Rome? Florence?

 

[iskim86]

King Tut's tomb, 10000 years old.

 

[Frodolives]

I've been in a number of German castles, but something tells me there's something older that I can't put my finger on. For one, drinking in the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, which I understand has pretty well run continuously for about 400 years.

 

[Miramonti]

Notre Dame de Paris, 1163 ad

 

[AndrewR]

Hard to say. First thing that came to mind was the Chateau Grimaldi in Antibes, France, which now houses a Picasso museum (hated the collection, loved the building). The tower dates back to the 12th century. Also been to Rome and visited the Coliseum, but it's in ruins. Went to the Roman amphitheater in Orange, France, which is still in use today. Also been to Notre Dame in Paris, and there's a church in Grenoble, France, which dates back to the 12th century, I believe.

Haven't been to the Middle East, yet, but I suspect that Uncle Sam will send me on a vacation to Iraq before long. I'll try to visit some mosques.

 

[TheCorm]

I dunno....it's a different issue over here, the church near my junior school was approx 900 years old.

 

[MDE]

Abraham Lincoln's house in Springfield, IL.
Used to live in a 90+ year old house (moved in '95)

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
some buildings in austria had dates on the doors in the 1600's

i visited a Norman castle in Rochester England, it was older than that

Not an authentic one, it wasn't (i think...anyway )

The only authentic Normal castles (ie built while the King was alive) are the Tower of London, and Colchester Castle.

And those two are my oldest buildings i've been in


Confused

 

[AlienCraft]

Some of the Buddhist shrines I've visited in Japan date back to 600 - 900 A.D. , maybe earlier in some cases....
I stayed in a hotel in Sheffield that was originally a mansion built in the early 1600's. Quite an interesting stay , but that's another thread.....

 

The Eells-Stow house, built in 1700, right down the street from me

 

[TwinkleToes77]

growden manor.. bensalem PA.. i think it goes back to like 1700's up the street from my parents house and after that is probably philadelphia independence hall

 

[conjur]

A cathedral in Brugges, Belgium finished around 1275.

 

[aircooled]

Old Salem, NC late 1700's early 1800's homes.

 

[Vortex22]

St. Augustine here also.

 

[burnedout]

In the U.S. - Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, FL. Completed in 1695.

Overseas - Attended a baptism (Taufe) inside the Evangelische Kirche in Burbach/Siegerland, Germany. The church was first built in the 11th century and then expanded in the 1700s. Also been to the Pyramids in Egypt.

 

[StageLeft]

A monestary or castle somewhere.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
, and there's a church in Grenoble, France, which dates back to the 12th century, I believe

Which church is that? (I spent a year in Grenoble - a superb city, in a wonderful part of the world)