Telegraph has included Yerevan in the list of Europe's 16 oldest continually inhabited cities.
Number 16 on the list is Yerevan, Armenia. "When did the earliest inhabitants settle? 782 BC. Some 30 years before Rome was founded, the city that is now Armenia's capital was serving as an important stop along the caravan routes from Asia to Europe. It was invaded by Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, Seljuks, Mongols and Turks, and later by the Soviet Red Army in 1920. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the capital of the Republic of Armenia has seen the growth of cultural institutions (it is home to a bewildering number of museums). Tourism is also developing slowly - a handful operators currently offer guided trips to the country", the source says.
Number 1 on the list is Argos, Greece (5,000 BC). The following cities rank next: Athens, Greece (5,000 BC), Plovdiv, Bulgaria (4,000 BC), Chania, Crete (4,000 BC), Patra, Greece (c. 3,500 BC), Trikala, Greece (3,000 BC), Thebes, Greece (3,000 BC), Kutaisi, Georgia (2nd millennium BC), Larnaca, Cyprus (1,300 BC), Chalcis, Greece (at least 1,300 BC), Lisbon (1,200 BC), Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece (1,100 BC), Cadiz, Spain (1,100 BC), Mtskheta, Georgia (1,000 BC), and Zadar, Croatia (900 BC).