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Artwork Types > Historic City
Cities or settlements that were historically populated, or whose architecture has historic origins.
c. 300 B.C.E.–256 C.E.
8th–mid-15th century
2nd–3rd century C.E.
c. 200 B.C.E.–13th century
13th–14th century
c. 1350–1767
11th–16th century
early 9th—early 13th century
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