Oldest Buildings In The World

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Torralba_San_Antine_10.JPG/800px-Torralba_San_Antine_10.JPG[/img]


[b] Nuraghe[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]nuraghe[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Italian"][nuˈraɡe][/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] (plural [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language"]Italian[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][i]nuraghi[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language"]Sardinian[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][i]nuraghes[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]) is the main type of ancient [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalith"]megalithic[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edifice"]edifice[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] found in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia"]Sardinia[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900-730 BC.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture, the[/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuragic_civilization"]Nuragic civilization[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3].[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Treasure_of_Atreus.jpg[/img]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Treasury_Atreus.jpg/800px-Treasury_Atreus.jpg[/img]


[b] Treasury of Atreus[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]Treasury of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atreus"]Atreus[/url][/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] or [/size][/font][/color][b]Tomb of Agamemnon[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]is an impressive "[/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_tombs"]tholos[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]" tomb on the Panagitsa Hill at [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae"]Mycenae[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece"]Greece[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], constructed during the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age"]Bronze Age[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] around 1250 BCE. The [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lintel_(architecture)"]lintel stone[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] above the doorway weighs 120 tons, the largest in the world. The tomb was used for an unknown period. Mentioned by [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)"]Pausanias[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], it was still visible in 1879 when the German archeologist [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann"]Heinrich Schliemann[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] discovered the shaft graves under the 'agora' in the Acropolis at Mycenae. The tomb has probably no relationship with either[/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atreus"]Atreus[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] or [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon"]Agamemnon[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], as archaeologists believe that the sovereign buried there ruled at an earlier date than the two; it was named thus by Heinrich Schliemann and the name has been used ever since.[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Tudons01.jpg/800px-Tudons01.jpg[/img]


[b] Naveta d'Es Tudons[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]Naveta d'Es Tudons[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], or [/size][/font][/color][b]Naveta of Es Tudons[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] (in Menorquí, [/size][/font][/color][i]naveta[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], or [/size][/font][/color][i]naueta[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], a diminutive form of [/size][/font][/color][i]nau[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], means [/size][/font][/color][i]nave[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3],[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]and [/size][/font][/color][i]Es Tudons[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], lit. [/size][/font][/color][i]the woodpigeons[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], is the name of the place),[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] is the most remarkable [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalithic"]megalithic[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_tomb"]chamber tomb[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in the[/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Islands"]Balearic island[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorca"]Minorca[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], Spain.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]
It is located in the Western part of the island, on the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciutadella_de_Menorca"]Ciutadella de Menorca[/url]-[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mahon"]Mahón[/url] road, approximately 3 miles out from Ciutadella, and 200 m south of the road. It stands on slightly rising ground in a sloping valley. Currently the Naveta d'Es Tudons is open to the public for visits (except for its interior as a measure of protection). It is one of the main tourist attractions of Menorca.[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Veduta_di_Paestum_2010.jpg/800px-Veduta_di_Paestum_2010.jpg[/img]

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Hera"]Temple of Hera[/url]

[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3][background=rgb(249, 249, 249)]550 BCE[/background][/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Sanchi_Stupa_from_Eastern_gate%2C_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg[/img]


[b] Sanchi[/b]


[b]Sanchi[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] known for its "Stupas" is a small [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village"]village[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisen_District"]Raisen District[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] of the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India"]state[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh"]Madhya Pradesh[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]India[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], it is located 46 [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L"]km[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] north east of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal"]Bhopal[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], and 10 km from [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besnagar"]Besnagar[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] and [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidisha"]Vidisha[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the location of several [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist"]Buddhist[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] monuments dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 12th CE and is one of the important places of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_pilgrimage"]Buddhist pilgrimage[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. It is a [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagar_panchayat"]nagar panchayat[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisen_district"]Raisen district[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]Indian[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India"]state[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] of Madhya Pradesh. [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torana"]Toranas[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]surround the Stupa and they each represent love, peace, trust, and courage. This world heritage site is well maintained and is open to public viewing from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. It takes about an hour and a half for a non-research visit of the site. Photography is allowed and audio guides are available.[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Sarnath1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Stupas_around_the_Dhamekh_Stupa%2C_Sarnath.jpg/450px-Stupas_around_the_Dhamekh_Stupa%2C_Sarnath.jpg[/img]


[b] Dhamek Stupa[/b]


[b]Dhamek Stupa[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] (also spelled [/size][/font][/color][i]Dhamekh[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] and [/size][/font][/color][i]Dhamekha[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]) is a massive [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa"]stupa[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] located at [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnath"]Sarnath[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], 13 km away from [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi"]Varanasi[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]in the state of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh"]Uttar Pradesh[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]India[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3].[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]
The Dhamek Stupa was built in 500 CE to replace an earlier structure commissioned by the great [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauryan"]Mauryan[/url] king [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka"]Ashoka[/url]in 249 BCE, along with several other monuments, to commemorate the Buddha's activities in this location. Stupas originated as circular mounds encircled by large stones. King [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka"]Ashoka[/url] built stupas to enshrine small pieces of calcinated bone and other relics of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha"]Buddha[/url] and his disciples.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhamek_Stupa#cite_note-2"][3][/url][/sup] An [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka_pillar"]Ashoka pillar[/url] with an edict engraved on it stands near the site.[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/MaisonCarr%C3%A9e.jpeg/800px-MaisonCarr%C3%A9e.jpeg[/img]


[b] Maison Carrée[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]Maison Carrée[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] is an ancient building in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%AEmes"]Nîmes[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], southern [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"]France[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]; it is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the former [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire"]Roman Empire[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. [/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]It was built c. 16 BC[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Colosseum_in_Rome%2C_Italy_-_April_2007.jpg[/img]


[b] Colosseum[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]Colosseum[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], or the [/size][/font][/color][b]Coliseum[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], originally the [/size][/font][/color][b]Flavian Amphitheatre[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] ([/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin"]Latin[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]: [/size][/font][/color][i]Amphitheatrum Flavium[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], Italian [/size][/font][/color][i]Anfiteatro Flavio[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] or[/size][/font][/color][i]Colosseo[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]), is an elliptical [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheatre"]amphitheatre[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in the centre of the city of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome"]Rome[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"]Italy[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], the largest ever built in the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire"]Roman Empire[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. It is considered one of the greatest works of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_architecture"]Roman architecture[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] and [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_engineering"]Roman engineering[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3].[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]
Occupying a site just east of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum"]Roman Forum[/url], its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian"]Vespasian[/url] and was completed in 80 AD under [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus"]Titus[/url],with further modifications being made during [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian"]Domitian[/url]'s reign (81–96). The name "[i]Amphitheatrum Flavium[/i]" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name ([i]Flavius[/i], from the [i]gens Flavia[/i]).[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology"]Classical mythology[/url]. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages"]early medieval[/url] era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress"]fortress[/url], a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry"]quarry[/url], and a Christian shrine.[/size][/font][/color]

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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Bigtemple.jpg/800px-Bigtemple.jpg[/img]


[b] Brihadeeswarar Temple[/b]


[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The [/size][/font][/color][b]Peruvudaiyar Koyil[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] ([/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language"]Tamil[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]: [/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]பெருவுடையார் கோயில்[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], [/size][/font][/color][i]peruvuḍaiyār kōyil[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)"][color=#0000EE][size=1][b]?[/b][/size][/color][/url][/sup][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]), also known as [/size][/font][/color][b]Brihadeeswarar Temple[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] and [/size][/font][/color][b]Rajarajeswaram[/b][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3],[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] at [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanjavur"]Thanjavur[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in the Indian state of [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu"]Tamil Nadu[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], is a [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_temple"]Hindu temple[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] dedicated to [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva"]Shiva[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] and a brilliant example of the major heights achieved by [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola"]Cholas[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language"]Tamil[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] architecture. It is a tribute and a reflection of the power of its patron [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajaraja_Chola"]RajaRaja Chola I[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. It remains India's largest temple[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]and is one of the greatest glories of Indian architecture.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]The temple is part of the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO"]UNESCO[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site"]World Heritage Site[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] "[/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Living_Chola_Temples"]Great Living Chola Temples[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]".[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]
This temple is one of India's most prized architectural sites. The temple stands amidst fortified walls that were probably added in the 16th century. The vimana — or the temple tower — is 216 ft (66 m) high and is among the tallest of its kind in the world. The Kumbam (or Kalash or Chikharam) (apex or the bulbous structure on the top) of the temple is carved out of a single stone as widely believed.There is a big statue of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_(bull)"]Nandi[/url] (sacred bull), carved out of a single rock, at the entrance measuring about 16 feet long and 13 feet high.The entire temple structure is made out of hard granite stones, a material sparsely available in Thanjavur area where the temple is. Built in 1010 AD by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Raja_Chola"]Raja Raja Chola[/url] in Thanjavur, Brihadishwara Temple, also popularly known as the ‘Big Temple', turned 1000 years old in 2010.[/size][/font][/color]