The architectural blending of history with the new. Its completely normal to have buildings that are thousands of years old next to modern construction.
In Canada, if a building is more than 100 years old, it’s treated like a precious relic. In Europe, they’ll put a car mechanic shop in a 500 year old noble home like it’s nothing. I was so shocked the first time I saw that
My mom had her sushi restaurant in a 250 year old building.
It had some historical upkeep rules, a getting it fitted for handicap ramps for customers was an administrative fight, where two different administrative bodies had two different option about the law.
In Toronto, we have a “castle” that’s actually just a 19th century family home built to look like a castle and it costs like $45 to see it lol. If we had a real castle, there’s be lines for days
There’s a lot of cities where it is indeed thousands. Sofia and Plovdiv are littered with Roman ruins, Amiens and Nimes both have (almost) intact amphitheatres which are still used and London has a Roman temple inside a bank. Athens and Rome in particular are on a different level of course.
Edit: for clarity, I mean well over 1,000 years old. I think calling the many Roman ruins lying around Europe “hundreds of years old” is a bit misleading.
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u/mmz555 12h ago
The architectural blending of history with the new. Its completely normal to have buildings that are thousands of years old next to modern construction.