15 OLDEST Buildings Still in Use Today

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It seems that we’re building higher and higher. The Empire State Building may be a skyscraper, but the Burj Khalifa seems to reach for the heavens. But sometimes bigger isn’t always better. Many of these modern structures we see popping up around the globe simply aren’t built to last. While they certainly won’t crumble tomorrow, they may not make it to the next century. But there are still plenty of structures out in the world today that manage to defy the laws of time. And just because they’re old, doesn’t mean they’re any less stunning or impressive. So join us for today’s video, where we count down the 15 oldest buildings still in use today!
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@mutantryeff 28 күн бұрын

The US Capitol Building holds the oldest people in one location

@johnchandler271 28 күн бұрын

🎉😂

@abcdef-qk6jf 28 күн бұрын

The younger ones retire in Florida...

@abcdef-qk6jf 28 күн бұрын

The younger ones retire in Florida...

@mutantryeff 28 күн бұрын

@@abcdef-qk6jf Pelosi is young?

@annfromma8456 28 күн бұрын

🤣

@tylerknapp863 19 күн бұрын

I absolutely hate that this video is not in chronological order.

@bwcbiz 11 күн бұрын

I don't mind about the order itself, but when combined with the countdown format, it's very misleading. Just number them 1-15 for counting purposes. The countdown gives the impression there is some kind of order to them.

@da___man 27 күн бұрын

The reason a grocery store was needed in Diocletian’s palace is that there are hundreds of people living there. It’s a huge complex and there are dozens if not hundreds of apartments that have been created within.

@Timsmith13911 28 күн бұрын

Oldest buildings still in use- the first one is newer than my local church by 300-400 years

@taffingtonboathouse5754 19 күн бұрын

Damn, that church probably has a existential crisis

@hypatian9093 9 күн бұрын

Similar here - in the neighbouring town's church Charlemagne once stayed for christmas.

@Timsmith13911 8 күн бұрын

@@hypatian9093 my local is over 990 years old and i regularly work on grade 1 listed churches. We did Sutton near Hull and it has sir Sutton in his original sarcophagus or whatever it was on full armour and that was from 1260 odd

@patrickomeagher9868 25 күн бұрын

(8:55) The pictures of the smaller building with the five story pagoda are in Horyu-ji, but the big boxy building and most of the interior shots are of the Todai-ji temple's Daibutsu-den (Great Buddha hall) in Nara City. Even though it's a replica only 2/3 the size of the original, it was built in 1709 and was the biggest wooden building in the world until the late 90s. Like most ancient Japanese buildings it was built like a giant 3D puzzle of interlocking parts and no nails. The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) is one of the world's largest indoor statues. Todai-ji is almost as old as Horyu-ji and there are a few structures in the complex that are over 1000 years old. Many of the temples in Nara were founded when Nara was the capitol of Japan in the 8th century, and their power and influence, especially Todai-ji, were one of the reasons they moved the capitol from Nara to Kyoto. I lived about two blocks from Todai-ji's sister temple, Saidai-ji, for 12 years and could see the roof of Todai-ji's Daibutsu-den and the first imperial palace site (Heijo-kyo) from the roof of my building. Some of my contracts were teaching ESL to the volunteer guides from some of the local temples, including one in Ikaruga-cho teaching the guides from Horyu-ji. I used to joke that I should be paying them instead of the other way around because I was learning way more than I was teaching. If you've heard the name Yamato, that's the old name for Nara and it's considered the historical and cultural heart of Japan. And Nara City is only about a 30 min train ride from the city centers of Osaka and Kyoto, so the whole Kansai region is awash in history. The whole area is also peppered with massive stone tombs called kofun, some going back as far as the 4th century. No-one is allowed on them and most of them are covered with 1600+ years of soil accumulation and foliage so they look like keyhole shaped islands with moats around them. Many historians believe that Yamato is derived from the Yamatai kingdom and that Queen Himiko is buried outside of Sakurai City in the Hashihaka kofun. There are also a lot of castles and ruins.

@AlistairAVogan 20 күн бұрын

Nicely said! Nara is wonderful.

@akarayan 18 күн бұрын

This is not a list of the 15 oldest buildings still in use. Very misleading

@fhlstables 24 күн бұрын

Just a clarification. St Catherine cathedral in Sinai Egypt is not Catholic. It is a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery. It is called Mount Sinai Monastery.

@bastiennietveld7128 17 күн бұрын

No it isn't Greek Orthodox; It's Coptic !

@nk-gp1ml 15 күн бұрын

@@bastiennietveld7128 It is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodoc Church. It is not Coptic.

@scottzema3103 13 күн бұрын

I think its called the Monastery of St. Catherine. It is affiliated with the Orthodox Church.

@raymondmuench3266 9 күн бұрын

Sorry, but the word “Catholic” was never used. “Christian” is. Unless I’ve missed my guess, Orthodox is Christian. Is someone trying to take offense?

@kacperwoch4368 18 күн бұрын

21:34 Did anyone even watch the video before publishing?

@CamoJan 14 күн бұрын

He says, 'The Basilica of Santa Sabina', yet it reads on screen "The Tower of Jericho" :-/

@kalliaspapaioannou7045 28 күн бұрын

They are all great buildings, still i would expect a few older ones, like the Theatre of Epidaurus in Peloponese Greece, from 4th century bc, which is in use for drama performances and musical events today.

@kerneywilliams632 17 күн бұрын

Was it in use over the whole time?

@kalliaspapaioannou7045 17 күн бұрын

@@kerneywilliams632 No like most of those mentioned in the video (repaired, renovated), after all the title says "15 OLDEST Buildings Still in Use Today" not continuously used.

@kerneywilliams632 17 күн бұрын

@@kalliaspapaioannou7045 Good answer!

@almightyyt2101 22 күн бұрын

That wasnt ancient Japan when dudes clearly smoking a Newport 100

@heru-deshet359 28 күн бұрын

A 1400 year old prince smoking a modern day cigarette?!!

@conorsheehan9929 28 күн бұрын

Saint Mary’s cathedral in Limerick, Ireland was built in 1148ad and is still in daily use by Limerick people .

@PanglossDr 17 күн бұрын

Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin was founded in 1028.

@Daijyobanai 5 күн бұрын

Churches all over the British Isles are that old and in use. 12th century one where I grew up. So about the same age as yours give or take a decade.

@juliebbb6031 28 күн бұрын

Uhhh. The Faroe Islands and Iceland have different languages I think

@2dimitropolis370 28 күн бұрын

Exactly. Not the same country at all

@nettejakobs2501 26 күн бұрын

And the are 809 km apart 😂

@RasMosi 7 күн бұрын

Hey! how should they know? It's not like you could google that, right? ... American fact-finding...

@steveparkes 19 күн бұрын

I gave up after the first three. Two of which are newer than most village churches in Europe. These aren't the 15 OLDEST buildings still in use today. They are 15 building that are old still in use today. Just another channel I've told KZfaq not to recommend in future.

@hypatian9093 9 күн бұрын

That's the best we can do - try and keep "our" KZfaq free of such a drivel.

@steveparkes 8 күн бұрын

@@hypatian9093 Google won't shag you back. It might me though. I own a chunk of it. I think you'll find I'm part of the our and you're part of a misguided minority :p

@thomass4785 28 күн бұрын

The great Buddha statue is in Todaiji Temple(東大寺). Not Horyuji Temple.(法隆寺) Those are totally different temples and different location in Nara.

@moniquenstein 22 күн бұрын

AI is overall a poor choice of narrative voice for the exotic verbage of this script. Honestly, HOW MUCH does a human narrator with a feel for pronunciation really cost?!

@tladnier4324 22 күн бұрын

Agreed on ai generated narration. Somewhat disconcerting and uncomfortable to sit through.

@AndrewGruffudd 18 күн бұрын

If it is AI, darling, it's the best I've heard. Usually, you can tell - especially over a long narration, but at 17 minutes in, I'm none the wiser.

@casteretpollux 17 күн бұрын

American, but clear diction and correct pronunciation. A bit brisk.

@AndrewGruffudd 16 күн бұрын

@@casteretpollux American is okay as long as it's deferential. I have a horror of wilful mispronunciation,, which is why I don' like ai (actually, I have a list, but I would like to do other things with my life than hate on anything.) Pace was about right - as someone whose speech is more John Wayne than Ben Shapiro, trust me on this x

@hypatian9093 9 күн бұрын

@@AndrewGruffudd What I hate about "American" is this attitude of "Oh, a foreign word - why should I research how it is pronounced, I just butcher it and pronounce it my way".

@GregHart-rs4hm 27 күн бұрын

oh look! another clickbait video!

@AndrewGruffudd 18 күн бұрын

Actually, darling, a clickbait list video usually has an addendum in the title indicsting which entry is particularly special x

@javiTests 28 күн бұрын

Some of them are from the XIII century. I bet there are OLDER ones around. I think the title is quite misleading 😅

@2dimitropolis370 28 күн бұрын

Exactly. Watching as European I was smiling at that... Oh so young.

@SassyyjuicyMaria 27 күн бұрын

Windsor Castle, UK

@christopherx7428 23 күн бұрын

There are just loads of older churches. My local parish church is from 1060 A.D - I grew tired of the "CE" timeline and opted out.

@pyramos5770 23 күн бұрын

10,00 Prince with modern Cigarette ?

@heru-deshet359 28 күн бұрын

No electricity in Pueblo. Yet, at 3:43 you can see an electrical conduit on the left side of the building, lol.

@A_Bone1972 28 күн бұрын

the text graphic for #2 states the Tower of Jericho, which is never once mentioned in this entire video ✌️🐝➕

@Colin-Fenix 27 күн бұрын

You really stretched the concept “still in use”… you should have included the Colosseum in Rime… it’s still as much in use as many of these. Weak!

@user-rq2es2io8y 6 күн бұрын

Or the ampitheater in Arles France.

@merlionpaintings3459 28 күн бұрын

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

@cinema8564 6 күн бұрын

WONDERFUL!

@dgonz26868 23 күн бұрын

Very informative. Thanks for vid!!!

@tommunyon2874 28 күн бұрын

I've done a couple of paintings of Taos pueblo over the years.

@SmartStructuresTV 28 күн бұрын

Fascinating to see how these ancient structures have stood the test of time! Is there any information about what preservation efforts have been undertaken to keep them standing for so long?

@robertnett9793 20 күн бұрын

I'd mostly say 'very massive stone walls' those things hold up pretty well. And - knowing from the cathedral in Regensburg - a dedicated group of stone masoners, workers, engineers and architects repairing and replacing as needed.

@Crazy-Clown-In-Town 15 күн бұрын

All these “ancient” structures are a hoax. They were built recently with very little maintenance to speed up the aging of structures. It's good for tourism though who are suckers and will pay for anything as long as it's “ancient”.

@richardstall4351 25 күн бұрын

All very Beautiful ❤️ places

@Khimg-vlogs 28 күн бұрын

So beautiful😊

@garymiller5937 28 күн бұрын

Very cool 😎 places.😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

@orhankorlan7553 28 күн бұрын

Taos Pueblo, a refletcion from Red Dead Redemption uno. The first Village when you cross el rio grande in Mexico

@hslev Күн бұрын

the one surprise was the omission of the Dome of the Rock.

@hallfriurbeck6959 16 күн бұрын

the Faroe islands are not a part of Iceland. :) they are under the Danish flag. The Faroe islands have there own language and flag.

@BahaariTV 6 күн бұрын

Well, I was hoping this video would cover some from Iran (ancient Persia) but no. None. There are tons of ancient places that are still in use. Houses, villages and places that are thousands of years old. I hope you cover more in your next videos. And kudos to you for respecting the pronunciation of each name. I loved that part

@terryhayward7905 3 күн бұрын

"They survive without electricity" While showing a picture with the power cable going through the wall at 3:42

@bow-tiedengineer4453 12 күн бұрын

For that Faroese building, it actually wouldn't surprise me if a ship hauling lumber either lost it's load or wrecked in a storm, and that lumber was salvaged from the beach and used to build the house.

@rogerlynch5279 11 күн бұрын

18:20 HAGIA SOPHIA: Due to a construction mistake and a local earthquake the original roof of the Hagia Sophia had colapsed short after the construction had been finished. So the building is also an early case of a Construction Scandal in History

@zombiedoggie2732 9 күн бұрын

as far as I am concerned, if a supermarket in the palace helps keep it going, and helping with funds that preserve the historic icon, why not?

@davidwillis5016 20 күн бұрын

Thanks

@hugosavstrom4548 13 күн бұрын

I really like the temple in Croatia now also being a modern grocery store. I think it is very cool combining history with modernity, and I don't believe in perservation for perservation's sake. The world is supposed to be experienced, now only a museum

@purpurina5663 28 күн бұрын

"Taos Pueblo... also known as Pueblo de Taos" lol one is the American(ized) version, the other is what it's called in Spanish. BTW "pueblo" means village, small town.

@patriciakennedy4780 22 күн бұрын

The Peblo appear to have electricity. Hence wire running down the wall. Look at Fram 25.48.

@robertnett9793 20 күн бұрын

Pretty sure that was installed later and wasn't in the original construction...

@patriciakennedy4780 19 күн бұрын

@robertnett9793 yea I guess so hua

@scottzema3103 13 күн бұрын

You have mixed up two Japanese temples! This video shows TODAI-JI TEMPLE as well as Horyuji, which IS the oldest temple in Japan. Todai-ji is the largest wooden building in the world and holds the largest bronze statue in the world, that of Buddha.

@KingRaccoon83 28 күн бұрын

Tartaria- OldWorld buildings

@donnadees1971 14 күн бұрын

The Arles coliseum -was it there when Van Gogh was there ?

@keithball6749 26 күн бұрын

The Hoggia Sophia 🤣🤣🤣

@antoniosdimoulas3566 22 күн бұрын

Why you are sarcastic about Hagia Sophia Christian Basilica? It’s sacrilegious by Turks to have that GREEK Christian Cathedral in Constantinople, “ Istanbul “, use it as mosque. Turkey has only 101 years in existence since 1923, nothing ancient or old in Asia Minor “Anatolia” is Turkic. 🇬🇷🏛️🇬🇷🏛️🇬🇷⚡️🦅

@keithball6749 21 күн бұрын

@@antoniosdimoulas3566 I wasn’t being sarcastic at all. I was referring to the ridiculous way the AI reader butchered the name. It’s an astonishing monument to the technical and creative abilities of ancient people, as are the countless other mosques/temples/cathedrals/shrines I’ve visited around the world. These stunning edifices are always at the top of my list when I visit a new city.

@DeanStephen 27 күн бұрын

What a bogus list.

@giancarlozarlengo1096 19 күн бұрын

The mispronunciations of a few of these locations is not good since they're what you're featuring. Acoma Pueblo, NM is not an unconscious coma.

@anitamoolman168 6 күн бұрын

What does CE stand for

@NSBarnett 16 күн бұрын

(23:54) "Publius Alias Hadranius" !

@2dimitropolis370 28 күн бұрын

Split, what's wrong with you?

@badfairy9554 11 күн бұрын

Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem Inn opened 1189 and it is still very much in use.

@petranilla14 18 күн бұрын

So what about the 11 Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia? Africa doesn't count? Ethiopian civilisation is continuous and never colonized.

@casteretpollux 17 күн бұрын

Really, not old at all. New Grange in Ireland is 3550 BC . We use it as a kind of giant calendar.

@enzopaiar6926 17 күн бұрын

e il Panteon?

@scottbucklin819 9 күн бұрын

Westminster Abbey?

@bokvarv1926 12 күн бұрын

Stave churches, still in use are 1000 to 1200 years old, then hearing here of a "mere" 700 yr odl bulding and habve that on a list of the 10 oldests is silly

@vetex007 23 күн бұрын

Galitian coast

@bestronglivelong3138 27 күн бұрын

Why are you dignifying the torture of animals? Bull fighting is sick and is outlawed in countries where people are beginning to THINK.

@danielobrien1571 27 күн бұрын

Are you a lady with stunningly long hair? I adore women who grow theirs that way, describe it please?

@kp6215 22 күн бұрын

You obviously don't know anything about the culture of the Iberian peninsula.

@gregb6469 15 күн бұрын

It would be nice if they could program computer-generated voices to pronounce names correctly.

@efs83dws 11 күн бұрын

The Pueblo is preserved because the US Government sends millions to the tribal Government every year making those living units some of the most expensive on the planet. I am their auditor. I have first hand knowledge.

@curvebuster 16 күн бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😮

@user-cx7kg6ok9b 26 күн бұрын

Ha Yia not hogia.

@TheCatsofVanRaptor 13 күн бұрын

What is with this order?

@apr3807 28 күн бұрын

بہت زبردست جناب، سبحان اللّہ! مزا آگیا۔ ❤👍🏅 نوٹ:- بھائ آپ خود ہی تو کہرہے تھے: یہ کھانا عام سالن بوٹی کی طرح مت کھائیے گا۔ تو آپ بھی ۸۰/۲۰ کچا پکا بیف تکہ بوٹی سمجھ کر کھالو! 😂😂۔ سچ پوچھو تو ہمنے جب بھی پکنک پہ قربانی وغیرہ کا گوشت پکایا ہے کچا پکا ہی کھایا ہے😅!

@DennisFreitas-bn7nh 14 күн бұрын

Panteon in Rome is disgusting, broken and bad conservation.

@steakinbacon8593 9 күн бұрын

Considering the state of every other ancient building in Rome it’s lucky this temple even still has an interior to walk around in.

@SaltyFCraker 24 күн бұрын

Yo, your editors trying to fail you by providing your viewers with fake thumbnails, big thumbs down👎

@steelman86 11 күн бұрын

PORTA NIGRA IN TRIER GERMANY.???

@davidcross701 25 күн бұрын

0:50 1000 years From WHOM? Bigots

@murrayaronson3753 14 күн бұрын

Not true regarding the Jews. The sites of Mt Sinai and the Burning Bush are not really known in Jewish tradition. The mountain known as Mt. Sinai and Santa Katherine Monastery are NOT Jewish sacred places.

@shmujew4791 18 күн бұрын

Fuuny how you fail to mention the jewish temple

@kaarlimakela3413 13 күн бұрын

Re the Castel San Angelo. The Borgia offspring of Pope Alexander the 6th I think, used it for quick getaways. 😉 Secret tunnels for real.

@ezk99 16 күн бұрын

and the image of the miniature is??????? clickbait again, ....

@SymetricalParadox 4 күн бұрын

I hate videos that don't represent the actual title of the video....There's no way any building in north America is in the top 15 buildings still in use

@tb22k 28 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😊

@san9c1 28 күн бұрын

I watched this because of the thumbnail, and apparently that is fake. 👎👎

@2dimitropolis370 28 күн бұрын

Yeah they do that

@beejaygmail16 28 күн бұрын

Lol SAME!!

@kp6215 22 күн бұрын

Madison Ave the birthplace of advertising anything to trick people into buying ideas, actions and behavior since Hitler got his ideas against different people call eugenics that men needed an excuse to be superior to another for their ego of which there is very little evidence that women believe as too busy with actually performing the real work for survival after men decided city and agriculture in one place for accommodating resources for men then to covet what another king had that caused no improvement in behavior of men for 10,000 years as women care for the offspring that men always say "not mine" and leave for something or someone younger for a while that causes strife between counties and don't get me started about different religious ideas.

@user-im7vd7wk9t 28 күн бұрын

12 coments let me fix that

@clintcountryman4849 28 күн бұрын

Comment. It's spelled correctly in at least three places on the screen...

@tallskin 20 күн бұрын

WTF is Taos Pueblo?? Is this a joke? A mud hut that no-one has any idea how old it is cos the primitive culture that built it doesn't even have a calendar! Jesus!

@stevenherrold5955 27 күн бұрын

some things are just NOT !!!!!!! worth knowing about thumbs down n unsubscribe

@superafins 6 күн бұрын

sorry, but this video is misleading from beginning to end. from the AI-generated thumbnail to the absolute lack of research and fact checking. this thing was rushed out and it feels like no one even bothered to watch it before pressing publish.

@merlynalexander 22 күн бұрын

I found the AI voice do off putting i gave up on watching this.

@atnit86 17 күн бұрын

Are you sure it’s AI?

@cheech7900 18 күн бұрын

The U.S. this buildings 200 years old and still in use. Europe - hold my drink. 😂

@MrMackievelli 17 күн бұрын

Did you skip over the Pueblos? Like it or not they are a part of the US.

@cheech7900 17 күн бұрын

Found the guy, who starts an argument with a mirror in empty room. The Pyramids have us both beat and theres a cave down from my estate that has confirmed occupation to 10,000 B. C Grow up. Before you have a stroke, getting incensed about nothing.

@MrMackievelli 17 күн бұрын

@@cheech7900 what a stupid reply. You completely ignored my reply to YOUR statement about 200 year old buildings, not mentioned in video, in order to make an insult because your original comment was so stupid you can't defend it. Instead you bring up the pyramids and an irrelevant cave. You can't stick to the topic or the actual video.

@MrMackievelli 17 күн бұрын

@@cheech7900 argument? Sorry pal, just calling out an inane nonsensical comment for what it was not an argument as your addled mind thinks. You couldn't even provide an acceptable example of the topic. A cave? Caves aren't buildings and it hasn't been occupied for 12000 straight years. The Pyramids aren't in use they are simply museum pieces with no use outside of being historical tombs. All you were doing is trying to take a dig at America for ecred. That's fine but at least be accurate instead of coming off as one of the least intelligent commenter's.

@MrMackievelli 17 күн бұрын

@@cheech7900 What a weird and defensive reply. Why are you angry? Why are you listing things that either aren't buildings or haven't been used since they are a tomb?

@BennilocoLoves 18 күн бұрын

I was going to watch your video, but I see you allow trolls and gross comments here, so buh bye! Ya ought to clean up your nasty troll situation! 🤷‍♀️

@AlfredeBlome-df3sg 8 күн бұрын

Taxpayer funded hospice...

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 11 күн бұрын

2:06 “as leg end suggests…”🤦🏻‍♂️ This is where I stopped watching and blocked this AI created crap.

@MrMackievelli 17 күн бұрын

Return the Hagia Sophia to Christianity! Down with colonialism.

@TWOCOWS1 17 күн бұрын

This a PC peace, not historical. All real ancient places are intrupted by some fictional American Indian mud village. My apartment is older than the American Indian village of Taos!! Come on, Mr. "C.E."

@enricop1667 12 күн бұрын

Absolute garbage

@fivizzano 21 күн бұрын

ST CATHERINE OF SINAI HOLDS A SIGNED CHARTER BY THE PROPHET MUHAMMED… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtiname_of_Muhammad . A story goes that A COPY is IN THE TOPKAPI…. when Ottomans conquered Egypt the Monks and the local Ulemas made a exact copy and switched the documents to fool the Turks in thinking they were taking the ORIGINAL to the Sultan and leaving a copy…