What is the longest running building?
People think the oldest building is in South America. Mausoleum for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu, BUT the world's tallest man-made structure for over 238 years, until Lincoln Cathedral in 1311. The cairn is about 85 metres (280 ft) in diameter and 15 metres (50 ft) high.
It has different names One of the common names is Lincoln Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, and sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral in Lincoln, in England. The building commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was it was the longest holding building (1311-1549) until it collapsed
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