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 Were Children and Dogs Barred There Too?

���This shows a view of the court and the architecture of the oldest apartment building in the world. It was built in a village in the province of Fu-ken, Southern China, about five hundred years ago and has been in use ever since. The ring-shaped building is five stories high and contains four hundred one -family houses

��All apartments open on the center court, in the middle of which is the cistern, supplying the ten- ants with water. There are no "modern conve- niences" to speak of, but the building is well protected with a strong wall with but a single entrance. There are no windows toward the out- side of the circle. A tile roof covers the structure

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