List of oldest known surviving buildings

Columns: Building | Location | First Built | Use | Notes
Theopetra cave | Greece | 21000 BC | Stone wall | The oldest known human-made structure . The structure is a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra cave near Kalambaka on the north edge of the Thessalian plain . It was constructed 23,000 years ago , probably as a barrier to cold winds | Tell Qaramel | Syria | 11000-9670 BC | Towers/Village | The oldest known tower structure | Göbekli Tepe | Turkey | 9500-8400 BC | Ceremonial | The oldest known human-made religious structure | Tower of Jericho | Palestinian territories | 8000 BC | Defensive/agricultural | See also Wall of Jericho | Çatalhöyük | Turkey | 7400-6200 BC | Village ruins | Khirokitia | Cyprus | 5800-3000 BC | Houses | Site has reconstructions of round houses | Durankulak | Bulgaria | 5500-5000 BC | Neolithic settlement | The excavations of the Paleolithic and Neolithic settlement on the Big Island in Bulgaria 's Durankulak Lake first started in 1974 . They discovered Paleolithic finds dating back to around 10,000 BC ; and a Neolithic settlement dating back to between 5500-5400 BC and 5100-5000 BC . The settlement , which created what is said to be Europe 's first stone city | Perperikon | Bulgaria | 5000 BC | Ancient architectural complex | Perperikon is the largest megalith ensemble in the Balkans . Human activity in the area dates back to 5000 B.C . The first traces of civilization on the hill date from the Bronze Age , while the ceramics found on the place date from the Early Iron Age , as well as the impressive round altar , almost 2 m in diameter , hewn out of the rocks . At Perperikon , a twelve days ' journey from the sea , Medokos called himself king of Thrace after Sitalces 's death in 424 BC , but failed to hold a throne

Example questions:
What sea lies east of the mainland of the country containing one of the oldest known surviving buildings , Theopetra cave ? | Which organization declared the 5800-3000 BC houses of Cyprus , on the list of oldest known surviving buildings , a World Heritage Site ? | What is the name of the large single brick of stone in the 4000 BC dolmen in France , one of the oldest known surviving buildings ? | What battle did the country containing one of the oldest known surviving buildings , Göbekli Tepe , beat the Byzantines ?

Answers:
Aegean Sea | UNESCO | The Broken Menhir of Er Grah | Battle of Manzikert