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by inglor_cz 734 days ago
As a Czech, I feel the difference between Central Europe and the Mediterranean.

In CZ, we have about 1000 years of written history. A building from the 11th century is ancient and rare.

In Italy: well, this city is called Naples (Nea Polis = New City in Greek), because it is barely 2600 years old.

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Things get occasionally found that are older, but the prevalent building material has been wood and it doesn’t preserve nearly as well as rock. For example: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-cemetery-fortress-discov...
In The Netherlands, thanks to land reclamation and WWII we don’t have many old buildings. Most buildings in Amsterdam are 19th century or newer. The center of Rotterdam was largely rebuild after WWII. If I look at homes for sale and filter on 20th century and older that is about 5% of all homes.