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Imantaghavi Posted 15 years ago
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Historical buildings

Hi,

What do we call historical constructions such as ancient buildings,statutes,etc.?

Is "historical buildings/constructions" correct?

Regards,

Iman
  

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In general, "historic buildings" will generally exclude statues - at least for me, I think of a building as something you can enter [personally, I don't like "historical" in that usage, "historic" is more common in New Zealand]. "Historic/Ancient constructions" is more general, and can be applied to anything constructed. A more general term can be to just refer to it as a "site".

— Free_spirit

  • In general, "historic buildings" will generally exclude statues - at least for me, I think of a building as something you can enter [personally, I don't like "historical" in that usage, "historic" is more common in New Zealand].
  • "Historic/Ancient constructions" is more general, and can be applied to anything constructed.
  • A more general term can be to just refer to it as a "site".
  • " Another term to use is "structure", which is also more general than "building".
  • " I recommend that you read through some English articles on historic and ancient sites to see what words they use to describe various things.
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In general, "historic buildings" will generally exclude statues - at least for me, I think of a building as something you can enter [personally, I don't like "historical" in that usage, "historic" is more common in New Zealand]. "Historic/Ancient constructions" is more general, and can be applied to anything constructed. A more general term can be to just refer to it as a "site". For example, the
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Thank you very much free_spirit for the thorough expaination.

Iman
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