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Cities by the oldest universities

Try to name the cities with the oldest universities.
Does not include cities whose university has been definitively closed or moved to another city.
Many universities have been closed and then reestablished (following the French Revolution for instance). They are filled in by default.
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Last updated: January 22, 2023
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University founded
Country
City
859
Morocco
Fez
962-1387; 1412-1420; 1601
Italy
Parma
c. 972
Egypt
Cairo
1088
Italy
Bologna
c. 1096
United Kingdom
Oxford
1150-1793; 1896
France
Paris
1175-1590s; 1682
Italy
Modena
1209
United Kingdom
Cambridge
1218
Spain
Salamanca
1220-1793; 1896
France
Montpellier
1222
Italy
Padua
1224
Italy
Naples
1229-1793; 1896
France
Toulouse
1240-1252; 1357-1805; 1815
Italy
Siena
1241
Spain
Valladolid
University founded
Country
City
c. 1250-1793; 1971
France
Angers
1261-1265; 1999
United Kingdom
Northampton
1272; 1915
Spain
Murcia
1290
Portugal
Coimbra
1290
Italy
Macerata
1300-1717; 1991
Spain
Lleida
1303-1793; 1896
France
Avignon
1303
Italy
Rome
1306-1793; 1960
France
Orléans
1308
Italy
Perugia
1321
Italy
Florence
1336
Italy
Camerino
1339-1349; 1805
France
Grenoble
1343
Italy
Pisa
1348
Czech Republic
Prague
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