Plovdiv is by far the oldest city in Europe, having been founded about 6000 BCE. Nebet tepe, one of Plovdiv's hills, is the most crucial settlement from that time, having been inhabited since.
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1. Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Inhabited since: 7000 B.C. The oldest city in Europe has been continuously inhabited since around the sixth millennium B.C. and is also one of the oldest in the world.
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