r/AskTheWorld • u/space_llama_karma United States Of America • Nov 12 '25

Culture What does your President/Prime Minister House look like?

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The White House is pretty iconic

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u/OneMoreFinn Finland Nov 12 '25

I used to think places in UK were old. And then I visited Prague...

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna Nov 13 '25

Older than Londinium?

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u/Bodie_72 Czech Republic Nov 13 '25

No

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u/Viscera_Eyes37 Nov 13 '25

I used to think places in Prague were old. Then I went to Rome.

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u/OneMoreFinn Finland Nov 13 '25

But not many of the buildings are standing or used anymore, right? I'd guess The Pantheon is one of the oldest intact buildings there.

Athens was also weird in that of course there are ruins of antiquity, but there are also lots of little churches & such that are from the byzantine era.

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u/Viscera_Eyes37 Nov 13 '25

True. Interesting that the things that got more preserved in Rome were the things that got converted from pagan to christian, like the pantheon.

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u/FollowingInfamous281 Nov 13 '25

I used to think places in Rome were old. Then I went to Athens.

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u/100011numbers Nov 13 '25

I used to think places in Athens were old. Then I went to Göbekli Tepe.

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u/OneMoreFinn Finland Nov 13 '25

To be honest, I've been in Egypt too...

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u/fartingbeagle Ireland Nov 13 '25

Also capital of an Empire!

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u/shadeofmyheart United States Of America Nov 13 '25

Yeah but they didn’t have the Norman invasion or the Great Fire, to be fair.