Founded by the Phoenicians in the mid-9th century BC, it was a powerful thalassocratic city-state with a vast commercial network.

Founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon, Thessaloniki's history spans some 2, 300 years.

Founded in 350 BC, it used to be one of the most important trade areas of the Mediterranean Sea.

Founded around 250 BC, Tempio Pausania is located 560m above the sea level.

Founded circa 700 BC by the Sogdians, Samarkand has been one of the main centres of Sogdian civilization from its early days.

Founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, Messina was originally called Zancle, from the meaning " scythe " because of the shape of its natural harbour ( though a legend attributes the name to King Zanclus ).

Founded by the Romans in 268 BC, throughout their period of rule Rimini was a key communications link between the north and south of the peninsula, and on its soil Roman emperors erected monuments like the Arch of Augustus and the Tiberius Bridge, while during the Renaissance, the city benefited from the court of the House of Malatesta, which hosted artists like Leonardo and produced works such as the Malatesta Temple.

Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton (; ), it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one.

Founded in 300 BC on the old settlement of Arsinoe, Famagusta remained a small fishing village for a long period of time.

Founded in the 7th century BC by Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra under the name Epidamnos, it has been continuously inhabited for 2, 700 years and is one of the oldest cities in Albania.

Founded as the Roman military encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from 74 AD.

Founded as an ancient Greek colony in the 6th century BC by the name of Aulon and continuously inhabited for about 26 centuries, Vlorë is home to the Port of Vlorë and University of Vlorë as the most important economical and cultural city of southwestern Albania.

Founded as a Gallo-Roman settlement in the 1st century BC under the name Augustodurum, Bayeux is the capital of the former territory of the Bodiocassi people of Gaul, whose name appears in the writings of Pliny the Elder.

Founded toward the end of the Middle Formative period at around 500 BC, by the Terminal Formative ( ca. 100 BC-AD 200 ) Monte Albán had become the capital of a large-scale expansionist polity that dominated much of the Oaxacan highlands and interacted with other Mesoamerican regional states such as Teotihuacan to the north ( Paddock 1983 ; Marcus 1983 ).

Founded in 1863, Boston College High School ( also known as BC High ) is an all-male Jesuit Roman Catholic college preparatory secondary school with historical ties to Boston College.

Founded around the end of the 7th century BC by colonists from the Greek city of Sybaris, and originally known as Poseidonia.

Founded in 1910 and now having over 470, 000 individual members and 1100 locals or union sections, the BC Federation of Labour is the provincial Canadian Labour Congress affiliate and the umbrella organization for working people in British Columbia.

Founded by King Artashes I in 176 B. C., Artashat served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from 185 BC until 120 AD, and was known as the " Vostan Hayots " or " court " or " seal of the Armenians.

Founded in the 11th century BC, its rulers were from a cadet branch of the House of Ji ( 姬 ) that ruled the Zhou Dynasty.

Founded by Thucles the Chalcidian in 734 BC, Naxos was never a powerful city, but its temple of Apollo Archegetes, protecting deity of all the Greek colonies, gave it prominence in religious affairs.

Founded by the Romans as Antunnacum in 12 BC on the site of an old Celtic settlement probably called Antunnuac, Andernach is one of the oldest towns in Germany which as such held its " Bimillenary feast " in 1988.

Founded in the 3rd century BC, it served as a residence of the eristavi ( dukes ) of Argveti ( also known as the Duchy of Shorapani ) in the Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Founded in 14 BC by Augustus, Alpes Maritimae initially had its capital at Cemenelum, modern Cimiez, which is now a district within the city of Nice, France.

Founded about 600 BC, the city was occupied by duke Otto of Worms in 985.

Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona.

Founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902, it was later renamed to share the name of the city in the 1930s.

Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849.

Founded in 1548 by the Spanish conquistadors at the site of the Native American settlement, Laja, the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz ( meaning Our Lady of Peace ).

Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.

Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire.

Founded in 1436 as a monastery village, the city was part of the Principality of Moldavia, which, starting with the 16th century fell under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire.

Founded as a customs post with its twin city Albury on the other side of the Murray River, the town grew subsequent to the opening of the first bridge across the Murray in 1860.

Founded in 1129 it is the second oldest building in the city after Stirling castle.

Founded in 1910 from a portion of Marion County, both Dillon County and its county seat, the city of Dillon, were named for prosperous local citizen James W. Dillon ( 1826-1913 ), an Irishman who settled there and led a campaign to bring the railroad into the community.

Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated.

Founded in June 1887, the city takes its name from Imperial County, California, a desert climate 100 miles east.

Founded in 1903, it is the most populous city in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metropolitan area.

Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth largest city in Florida.

Founded in 1836 by Wesley Park ( 1811 – 1868 ), the city is the county seat of DeKalb County.

Founded in 1808 and situated along the Ohio River, Cloverport's past has seen greater economic importance as a port city.

Founded in 1888, railroad engineer Eugene Cornwall named the city for his hometown of Irvington, New York.

Founded in 1849, the town was originally known as Bacon Creek, same as the stream that runs through the city.

Founded in 1840, the city is named for the biblical Mount Nebo.

Founded as Randolph Old Farm in 1838, an early pioneer changed the name of the city to honor his son, Carroll.

Founded in 1870, the city was named for founder Hugh McElroy's nephew.

Founded in 1827, the city is named for the ideal of political unity.