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Oldest standing structure in Ethiopia Barnenez: France: Europe: 4850 BCE Passage grave Located in northern Finistère and partially restored. The structure is 72 m long, 25 m wide and over 8 m high. [6] [7] The oldest known building in Eurasia. Porta Nigra: Germany: Europe: 180 CE Roman city gate It is today the largest Roman city gate north of ...
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Some of the oldest known structures which have served as citadels were built by the Indus Valley civilisation, where citadels represented a centralised authority. Citadels in Indus Valley were almost 12 meters tall. [2] The purpose of these structures, however, remains debated.
The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب, romanized: Qalʿat Ḥalab) is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria. It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Usage of the Citadel hill dates back at least to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.
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The Tower of David (Hebrew: מגדל דוד, romanized: Migdál Davíd), also known as the Citadel (Arabic: القلعة, romanized: al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum, located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.
La Mota Castle (Castillo de la Mota, Castillo de Santa Cruz de la Mota [2] [3] or Castillo del Santo Christo de la Mota [4]) is an old fortress in San Sebastian, Spain.. The castle's primary defences were its strategic placement on the hilltop of Mount Urgull (Monte Orgullo), its thick walls (with access at three points, including to the keep, using drawbridges) [1] and, over time, its ...
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world.