Tag:historic=building

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Castillo Trausnitz, Landshut, Alemania, 2012-05-27, DD 18.JPG
Description
Unspecified historic building. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: historic
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: de facto

The tag historic=building has sometimes been added to a building=* feature to mark it as a non-specific "historic" building. There is no clear definition of what qualifies a particular building as historic.

It is used in addition to building=*, not instead of it.

Consider using a more specific historic=* value instead, such as:

Possible tagging mistakes

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