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Whats the oldest/ most untouched european city?

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john.stossel
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i know the obvious answer is places like athens and rome but most of those cities look nothing like they do when they were built. what i mean is whats the oldest city in europe looks pretty much the same as it did when it was first settled and built
Nov 14 2011 6:31PM
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yuck
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atlantis
Nov 14 2011 6:32PM
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TijmenDal
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Something Mediterranean probably. Southern Italy, Greece, Albania, Turkey or an island.

Also could be something in the Balkan, Eastern-Europe.
Nov 14 2011 6:39PM
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howlongcanausern
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Rome?
Nov 14 2011 6:42PM
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*monsterskier*
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would the Vatican count?
Nov 14 2011 6:44PM
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GBS
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My town is over 1000 years old...
Nov 14 2011 6:46PM
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Mr.Turtle
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I've heard rumors that Atlantis is pretty old..
Nov 14 2011 6:46PM
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Anathema
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poland. im pretty sure the people that currently reside there are cavemen.
Nov 14 2011 6:47PM
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B-runge
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atlantis
Nov 14 2011 6:49PM
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TijmenDal
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But it doesn't look what it looked like a 1000 years ago, that's what OP is asking.
Nov 14 2011 6:50PM
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theBearJew
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london fur sure.
Nov 14 2011 6:51PM
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DUKES
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churnobyl
Nov 14 2011 7:05PM
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Deluge
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haha *chernobyl and

ATLANTIS
Nov 14 2011 7:07PM
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dobski
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fuckin' Bruges
Nov 14 2011 7:11PM
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S_Jenk
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Hallstatt, Austria IMO.


Nov 14 2011 7:11PM
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jeR.
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this
Nov 14 2011 7:32PM
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.frenchy
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Atlanta !
Nov 14 2011 7:33PM
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fuck_face
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Nov 14 2011 7:34PM
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ohmythugaim
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Florence?



Does it have to be a city? There are loads of un-touched smaller towns around the Mediterraneann that are pretty damn old.
Nov 14 2011 9:17PM
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gyarados
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Athens, in regards to how building rights. when i went there some chick told me all about how buildings cant go over a certain height to help preserve the view from the acropolis. IMO
Nov 14 2011 9:20PM
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slore
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Probably somewhere in eastern Europe since they industrialized later.
Nov 14 2011 9:21PM
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the_fresh_prince
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probably stonehenge
Nov 14 2011 9:22PM
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sowstochd
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ephesus
Nov 14 2011 9:23PM
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YoungJeezy
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I hear Dubai hasnt changed much
Nov 14 2011 9:25PM
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DUKES
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my bad
Nov 14 2011 9:26PM
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dergblerp
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I've heard that Prague is a very untouched city because it wasn't heavily affected by WW2. It's not as old as Ephesus or ruins like that, but it does have that leg up over much of Europe.
Nov 14 2011 9:30PM
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rareison
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Obviously Atlantis.
Nov 14 2011 9:32PM
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Billups
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Pompeii
Nov 14 2011 9:58PM
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Blurst
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Probably bejiing or tokyo but that depends if you care if its in Europe or has been untouched in the last few thousand years.
Nov 14 2011 10:08PM
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LS.
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PRAUGE

only city not damaged by the war!!! look it up, aint kiddin.

Nov 14 2011 10:20PM
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ORDEAL
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Spain


or taxco mexico
Nov 14 2011 10:22PM
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ORDEAL
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Really? A ton of cities inside the great country of Spain arent super urbanized. Fuck you
Nov 14 2011 10:32PM
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Alexander_Keith
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They were both absolutely ruined. Japan and civil war laid waste to China + Beijing and American bombers burned Tokyo to the ground.

Obviously Atlantis

Nov 14 2011 10:33PM
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iSmokeweed
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probably istanbul
Nov 14 2011 10:34PM
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BigZero
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PRAGUE!!! no kidding. A lot of films with older settings are filmed there because it looks exactly like it did 400 years ago.
Nov 14 2011 10:35PM
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Steeze_Minister
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looks like Stonehenge has been touched...

Click for larger image
Nov 14 2011 10:46PM
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exile_ch
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Sienna, Italy.

You all loose, I win, bybye.

here:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&newwindow=1&q=sienna+italy&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1859l2807l1l3056l6l6l0l0l0l0l398l1654l2-1.4l5l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=629&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Nov 14 2011 10:53PM
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ORDEAL
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Sorry :\
Nov 14 2011 10:54PM
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babysteeze84
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Russia, obviously not Europe, but Veliky Novgorod is pretty old... Wikipedia says Athens.
Nov 14 2011 10:55PM
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Freeskim@n
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Carcasonne?

Nov 14 2011 11:06PM
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northeast
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lose*
Nov 15 2011 8:46AM
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Oldmann1584
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atlantis is the place to be, or so i've heard...
Nov 15 2011 8:57AM
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john.stossel
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wheres that. and stop with the atlantis. atlantis was the santorini cataclysm when the whole island sank and hurled stadium sized boulders hundreds of miles. it was much bigger than krakatoa, most experts agree
Nov 16 2011 8:57AM
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Nufity
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Consider going to Africa. It's like a trip through the stone age.
Nov 16 2011 9:04AM
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GBS
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Some parts, like the old town looks like it did 1000 years ago. Alos theres alot of churchs and a big cathedral that is 1000 years old. Also some other stuff.

http://www.google.no/search?q=nidaros+domen&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=no&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=946&sei=98XDTqPhH6mk4AT_9NynDQ#ds=i&pq=nidarosdomen&hl=no&cp=4&gs_id=11&xhr=t&q=trondheim&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&um=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=tron&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=f45af7adc38ff3e1&biw=1680&bih=946

http://www.google.no/search?q=nidaros+domen&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=no&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=946&sei=98XDTqPhH6mk4AT_9NynDQ#ds=i&pq=nidarosdomen&hl=no&cp=4&gs_id=11&xhr=t&q=trondheim&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&um=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=tron&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=f45af7adc38ff3e1&biw=1680&bih=946


some pics ^




Nov 16 2011 9:20AM
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GBS
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Also southern france has alot of beautiful old cities.

Nov 16 2011 9:21AM
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mozzy
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All of them have basically been changed in some way.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is apparently quite authentic in a 15th century sort of way.

Larger cities with intact city centers- Brugge as someone wrote above, Krakow, Prague, Amsterdam, Berne. . .

Smaller ones- there are lots of them all over, some of them fell into obscurity after some economic downfall, and managed to escape the numerous wars.

Not a city per se, but the temples of Malta are contemporary with the pyramids of Egypt.


Nov 16 2011 9:42AM
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J.D.
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Lol at stonehenge being a city.

The correct answer is Knossos.
Nov 16 2011 9:42AM
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john.stossel
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you mean pripyat youtube white horse
Nov 16 2011 4:01PM
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john.stossel
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wow . apparently this place has the worlds oldest wooden pipeline
Nov 16 2011 4:18PM
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john.stossel
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old part of bern 1200 ad untouched  also schwyz is 11000 years old canton and is switserlands namesake
Nov 16 2011 5:53PM
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