What are the Top 10 oldest cities in Europe?
Here is a list of the 10 oldest cities in Europe.
City | Founded | Locations | Historical Region | |
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1. | Plovdiv | 6000 BCE | South-Central Bulgaria | Thrace |
2. | Argos | 5000 BCE | Argolis, the Peloponnese, Greece | Mycenaean Greece |
3. | Nitra | 5000 BCE | Nitra River Valley, Slovakia | Pannonia |
4. | Bratislava | 5000 BCE | Southwest Slovakia | Pannonia |
5. | Varna | 4600 BCE | Gulf of Varna, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria | Thrace |
6. | Athens | 3000 BCE | Central Greece | Mycenaean Greece |
7. | Thebes | 3000 BCE | Boeotia, Central Greece | Mycenaean Greece |
8. | Nicosia | 2500 BCE | Mesoria Plain, Republic of Cyprus | Mycenaean Greece |
9. | Mantua | 2000 BCE | Lombardy, Italy | Po Valley |
10. | Chania | 1600 BCE | Northern Coast of Crete | Crete |