Europe’s Oldest Town May Have Been Built on Salt: The Story of Solnitsata
More than 6,000 years ago in Bulgaria, a fortified town grew rich boiling brine into salt, and may be the oldest town in Europe.
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More than 6,000 years ago in Bulgaria, a fortified town grew rich boiling brine into salt, and may be the oldest town in Europe.
A mound in central Bulgaria records over 3,000 years of continuous village life, and gives its name to the chronology of the Balkans.
Nearly 9,000 years ago, farmers on a hill in central Greece built what may be the oldest town in Europe.
Nearly 6,000 years ago in Thessaly, a community built its home as a series of nested stone rings converging on a central hall.