The 25 Oldest Buildings from around the World
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At first, we weren’t going to find the 25 oldest buildings from around the world. We were going to show the 25 oldest buildings in the entire world, period, but then we realized showing a bunch of burial mounds could get agonizingly boring. So we combed the world to find the oldest buildings on each continent:
- Barnenez Grave, France: 4500 B.C.
- Megalithic Temples of Malta: 3500-2500 B.C.
- Knap of Howar homes, Scotland, 3700-3100 B.C.
- Skrae Brae settlement, Scotland: 3180-2500 B.C.
- Hulbjerg Jaettestue grave, Denmark: 3000 B.C.
- Newgrange burial mound, Ireland: 2900 B.C.
- Monte d’Accoddi platform, Italy: 2700-2000 B.C.
- Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt: 2650 B.C.
- Caral pyramid, Peru: 2600 B.C.
- Djoser Pyramid, Egypt: 2667-2448 B.C.
- Minoan Palace of Knossos, Greece: 2000 B.C.
- Nuraghe of Santu Antine fort, Italy: 1600 B.C.
- Treasury of Atreus tomb, Greece: 1250 B.C.
- Naveta d’Es Tudons tomb, Spain: 1200 B.C.
- The King’s Grave, Sweden: 1000 B.C.
- Cuicuilco Circular Pyramid, Mexico: 800-600 B.C.
- Temple of Hera Paestum, Italy: 550 B.C.
- The Parthenon, Greece: 447-432 B.C.
- Thacian Tomb of Kazaniak, Russia: 400 B.C.
- Sanchi Stupa temple, India: 300 B.C.
- Dhamek Stupa temple, India: 249 B.C.
Broch of Mousa tower, Scotland: 100 B.C.
- Maison Carree temple, France: 16 B.C.
- Colosseum, Italy: 80 A.D.
- Pantheon temple, Italy: 125 A.D.
