Damn, man!
That is something though that you do not see a lot of in the US. The percentage of buildings older than 150 years is pretty low, but over there I am sure there is a lot higher percentage of buildings over 500 years old, lol.
It was so cool to walk around the town square in Cambridge and see a stone arch doorway with the year 1430 or something like that carved in it.
I live in Newcastle , google it when ur bored it is a city with a fantastic history .
Any hoo my good pal does work with the Newcastle lit & phil society .
His basic job for them is to do city tours , it's class way to meet female students .
But I've did the tours with him loads we have some fantastic buildings .
The keep in the center of town , was built during the original Norman invasion , the one standing is from 1178.
So it's like the trendy new one
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Sorry Sesh we used to keep your Scottish kings in this.
fuck your fucking framing
Lol. Yes.....I mean, white people did not settle over here before what....the early 1600s? Shit...white folks been trucking around Europe for several THOUSAND years minimum!
Probably one of the oldest buildings on this continent would be the San Xavier mission located just a little south of Tucson AZ......
It was built in 1797, though it's actually the second mission building. The original was built a century before that. Not sure if they demolished that building to build this one or what, exactly, but they obviously did the job right the second time, because it's still there.
When it was built, Arizona was a Spanish colony, then became part of Mexico, and was finally annexed into the US. And the mission happens to be located on the Tohono O'odham reservation, so I guess you could say it has survived 4 regime changes, and still standing.
Just a cool damned building that even non-Catholics can appreciate.........
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That is a gorgeous building
Originally Posted by FORD
Probably one of the oldest buildings on this continent would be the San Xavier mission located just a little south of Tucson AZ......
It was built in 1797, though it's actually the second mission building. The original was built a century before that. Not sure if they demolished that building to build this one or what, exactly, but they obviously did the job right the second time, because it's still there.
When it was built, Arizona was a Spanish colony, then became part of Mexico, and was finally annexed into the US. And the mission happens to be located on the Tohono O'odham reservation, so I guess you could say it has survived 4 regime changes, and still standing.
Just a cool damned building that even non-Catholics can appreciate.........
There's many buildings on the East Coast that date to the 17th century. I've been to two that I know of. Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY dates back to about 1678 when the French established it to guard Lake Ontario and surrounding settlements. The Army operated it until the early 1960's, but the U.S. Coast Guard still has a small base there making it one of the oldest continually operating military bases in North America...
The devil you say!!...Even I've never drank enough vodka to write that...
I've seen worse from you...
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That IS a beautiful building.
It's pretty damn cool on the inside too. Although it's open to the public it's also still an active church. Last time I was there it was a Saturday and the priest was taking confessions, which seems a little weird to do with a bunch of tourists walking around.
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