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The oldest standing home in Richmond, the Old Stone House, is in use as the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, though Poe never lived there.
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The eleventh century Erfurt Synagogue is thought to be the oldest synagogue building still standing in Europe.
Some of the oldest serekhs consist of a striped or cross-hatched box, representing a palace or city, with a crane, scorpion, or other animal drawn standing on top.
* 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed ; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
The oldest standing minaret in the world is the minaret of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, built between the 8th and the 9th century, it is a massive square tower consisting of three superimposed tiers of gradual size and decor.
Dating from 3500 BCE to 3100 BCE, it is similar in design to Skara Brae, but from an earlier period, and it is thought to be the oldest preserved standing building in northern Europe.
Dunlough Castle, standing just north of Mizen Head, is one of the oldest castles in Ireland ( A. D. 1207 ).
* The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in North America that is still standing.
Cherokee National Capitol | Cherokee Nation Historic Courthouse in Tahlequah, built in 1849, is the oldest public building standing in Oklahoma.
It was replaced by a larger, long house of worship in 1782, which is regarded as the oldest standing building in California.
The chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano, built in 1782, is thought to be the oldest standing building in California.
The Newport congregation, now referred to as Congregation Jeshuat Israel, is the second oldest Jewish congregation in the United States and meets in the oldest standing synagogue in the United States, Touro Synagogue.
Now a Virginia bed and breakfast inn, the Holladay House is one of the two oldest standing structures in historic downtown Orange, and is registered with the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Orange Commercial Historic District.
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct is still standing, possibly the oldest suspension bridge in America ; it has been named a National Historic Landmark.
Situated next to St Dunstan's church, Lumley Chapel is the oldest standing building in the London Borough of Sutton, and contains many notable monuments to local families.
Major attractions along U. S. Route 66 include the Old Stagecoach Stop in downtown Waynesville, which is now a museum but began as a tavern and boarding house and is the oldest standing structure in the county.
A stone dairy house, built in 1800, is thought to be the oldest standing structure in Clermont County.
Many of the notable and historic buildings in Fort Payne date from this period of economic growth, including the state's oldest standing theater, the Fort Payne Opera House ; the former factory of the Hardware Manufacturing Company ( today known as the W. B.
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When Agamemnon came home he was slain by either Aegisthus ( in the oldest versions of the story ) or Clytemnestra.
Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world, along with the Daintree Rainforest in Australia and the Amazon rainforest.
Dedham is home to the Fairbanks House, the oldest surviving timber-frame house in the United States, scientifically dated to 1637.
Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912 and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use.
Hobart is home to Australia's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal, as well as the Playhouse theatre, the Backspace theatre and many smaller stage theatres.
Iraq, known in Classical Antiquity as Mesopotamia, was home to the oldest civilizations in the world, with a cultural history of over 10, 000 years, hence its common epithet, the Cradle of Civilization.
Wellington Mara always felt this was the Giants oldest and truest rival and after passing away in 2005 the Giants honored their longtime owner by defeating the Redskins 36 – 0 at home.
Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization, one of the six oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America.
The area is also home to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which contains the Olduvai Gorge, where some of the oldest hominid fossils are found, as well as the Ngorongoro Crater.
Tanzania is home to some of the oldest human settlements unearthed by archaeologists, including stone tools and fossils of hominids found in and around Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania, an area often referred to as " The Cradle of Mankind ".
* The Lange Voorhout is a wide avenue containing many splendid houses ( now home to several embassies ) as well as The Hague's oldest and narrowest house and the famous " Hotel des Indes ", the city ’ s most luxurious hotel.
In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university.
Penn is also home to the oldest continuously functioning psychology department in North America and is where the American Medical Association was founded .< ref >
" My father has been dead about a year ; my mother is living and has ten children, five lads and five lasses ; the oldest is about thirty, the youngest is four ; three lasses go to mill ; all the lads are colliers, two getters and three hurriers ; one lives at home and does nothing ; mother does nought but look after home.
Medina is home to the three oldest mosques in Islam, namely Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ( The Prophet's Mosque ), Masjid Quba ' or Quba Mosque ( the first mosque in Islam's history ), and Masjid al-Qiblatain ( The Mosque of the Two Qiblahs-the mosque where the direction of Muslim prayer, or qiblah, was switched from Jerusalem to Mecca ).
It was inhabited by the Greek tribes of the Chaonians, Molossians, and Thesprotians, and home to the sanctuary of Dodona, the oldest ancient Greek oracle, and the most prestigious one after Delphi.
On 8 November 2008, Williams was spotted with Field at football match at the Emirates Stadium home of Arsenal, where he was also seen with Gary Barlow accompanied by his two oldest children, and Williams's longtime friend Jonathan Wilkes.
Lexie tells Novalee that her new boyfriend had gone to her house and tried to molest her two oldest children, Brownie and Praline, before Praline had thrown up on him and Lexie returned home from work early and caught him before he got to Brownie.
Great Castle House, built in 1673, is now the home of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers ( Militia ), the oldest regiment in the British Army.
Brighton is also the home of one of the oldest Rugby Clubs in England ; Brighton Football Club ( RFU ).
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