THE oldest company in the world is Kongo Gumi, a construction firm based in Osaka. It started building Buddhist shrines in 578AD, and was still run by a man surnamed Kongo 40 generations later.

世界上历史最悠久的企业金刚组（Kongo Gumi），是位于大阪的一家建筑公司，它从公元578年开始建造佛教庙宇，传了40代以后，现在仍然由一位金刚家族的男士打理。

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The building was started in the thirteenth century but the construction of its dome (known locally as il Duomo) was not completed until the fifteenth, overseen by the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.

教堂始建于13世纪，但是但它的圆顶(当地人称为伊尔大教堂)直到15世纪才完工，由建筑师菲利普·布鲁内莱斯基监督完成。

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The construction of the building was started before the 2008 financial crash, resulting in a cut to the project's budget.

该建筑在2008年金融危机以前开始建造，金融危机导致项目资金的截断。

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Witnesses said the construction of the building started just six weeks ago, since when seven floors had been built.

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Also, the construction of the new building has not yet started.

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They finally started construction in 2003 and gutted the entire building and even reinstalled the landmarked stoop and rebuilt the wood-burning fireplaces.

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