Sunday, November 13, 2016

Welcome back to another Sunday blogging. Today we are going back to architecture. Architecture is the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures. Architecture has helped many people throughout the years. Architecture has been around for as long as 4500 BC. Many of our oldest architectural structures can be found in the continent of Europe where structures such as Barnenez (4850 BC), Knap of Howar (4700 BC), and Ggantija (4500 BC) can be found. 
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Barnenez built in 4850 B.C was used as a grave and is the oldest structure known today. It is located in France, Europe. It contains 11 chambers and weighs as much as 14,000 tons.

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Knap of Howar was built in 4700 B.C located in Scotland, Europe and is maybe the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. The structure still contains stone furniture such as a fireplace, beds and storage shelves. Evidence also shows that the structure was used as a farmstead where animals such as cattle and sheep were kept.
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Ggantija also known as "giants tower" built in 4500 B.C located in Malta, Europe is one of the oldest Megalithic temples and is older than Egyptian pyramids. There is a folklore about the place that there was a giantess that ate nothing but broad beans and honey had a child with a local man and she built the place with the child hanging from her shoulder and used it as a place of worship.

Hope you guys enjoyed today's blog and learned a good deal information.

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