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This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city. The age claims listed are generally disputed. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of " city " as well as "continuous habitation" and historical evidence is often disputed.
Oldest continuously inhabited British established settlement in the Caribbean, First successful 'non-Spanish' established settlement in the Caribbean. 1624: Villa Soriano: Soriano: Uruguay: Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Uruguay. 1624: New Amsterdam: New York: United States: Now New York City. 1625: Quincy ...
Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S. San Agustín/St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1566 Saint Marys: Georgia United States Second-oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous U.S.; on the St. Mary's River 1573: San Germán: Puerto Rico ...
List of oldest continuously inhabited cities; List of largest cities throughout history This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 15:46 (UTC). Text is ...
Damascus is an 11000 year old site, and also one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, that doesn't mean it has been continuously inhabited for 11000 years. Duhh Fourth source, which comes from Unesco, doesn't state that the site has been continuously inhabited. "uninterrupted construction" does not necessarily imply continuous human ...
May be the oldest, extant wooden church in the world and the oldest, extant wooden building in Europe. [141] [142] Roykstovan in Kirkjubø: Faroe Islands: No clear date, middle of 11th century CE Farmhouse May be the oldest continuously inhabited wooden building in the world [143] Ditherington Flax Mill: United Kingdom (England, Shrewsbury) 1797 CE
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Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it Singidūn. [11]