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Greensted Church, the oldest wooden church in the world. And the oldest wooden building standing in Europe.

Photo of Greensted Church, by Ralf Zeigermann

© Ralf Zeigermann

Oct 17th, 2012
by Ralf Zeigermann.

Posted in: The Cartoonist's Photos.

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2 Comments

  1. M. Kranz says:
    19/10/2012 at 10:34 am

    Oldest wooden building standing – well, if you go underground, thanks to
    linear pottery culture there are much older wooden constructions – in fact,
    older by far (about 7000 years) than the pyramids of Egypt or Stonehenge, and still existing and challenging all those stone & concrete lovers:

    http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandkeramischer_Brunnenbau

    http://www.archaeologie.sachsen.de/download/II_22_plauss_02.pdf

    http://www.archaeologie-online.de/magazin/nachrichten/europas-tiefster-brunnen-aus-der-steinzeit-entdeckt-und-im-block-geborgen-17099/

    1. Ralf Zeigermann says:
      19/10/2012 at 11:40 am

      Hab ich’s mir doch gedacht. Wieder alles erstunken und erlogen! :-)