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  2. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    Fifth-oldest city in Canada. Sault Ste. Marie New France Canada: 1668 AD A single settlement until 1817, when it was divided into Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States. The latter is the oldest European-founded city in the Midwestern United States and third-oldest US city west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  3. Jericho - Wikipedia

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    Jericho is among the oldest cities in the world, [7] [8] [9] and it is also the city with the oldest known defensive wall. [10] Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (to 9000 BCE), [ 11 ] [ 12 ] almost to the very beginning of the Holocene epoch of ...

  4. 25 of the World's Oldest Cities That You Can Still Visit

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    Sydney is the oldest city in both Australia and Oceania. ... The area attracted shepherds who camped near the water and left behind flint artifacts and ceramics, dating back about 6,000 to 7,000 ...

  5. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is likely the oldest standing European American structure in the state of Utah, dating to the year of the Mexican Cession of the Alta California region to the United States following the Mexican–American War: Fort Laramie 'Old Bedlam' Building Torrington: WY 1849 Military Oldest documented building still standing in Wyoming. It served as a ...

  6. 10 of the Oldest Cities in the US

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    Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...

  7. You can still visit some of the oldest towns in Wisconsin ...

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    Wisconsinites can still visit some of the towns and cities that date back to the state's founding. Here's a list.

  8. Old city of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, [ 1 ] contains numerous archaeological sites, including some historical churches and mosques.

  9. List of oldest extant buildings - Wikipedia

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    Oldest wooden building still standing. [140] Nanchan Temple: Wutai, China: 782 CE Buddhist Temple Its Great Buddha Hall is currently China's oldest extant timber building. Greensted Church: United Kingdom c. 1053 CE Church May be the oldest, extant wooden church in the world and the oldest, extant wooden building in Europe. [141] [142]