[[Benares]] north India me ek purana city hai jon ki 3000 saalo se bhi purana hai. AUr city jon ki bahut purana hai ke naam hai: [[Greece]] me [[Athens]], [[Italy]] me [[Rome]] aur [[Volterra]], [[Egypt]] me [[Alexandria]] aur England me [[York]].
In [[Europe]] me, in the [[Middle Ages]] me, being a city waske hoye ase special [[privilege]]raha, grantedjon bykhali [[nobility]]ke milat raha. Cities thatjon fallee intocategory thisme categoryfall hoye hai, usuallyulog hadke city walls rahat raha(orkoi stillkoi have)ke cityab walls.bhi Thebhi peoplehai). whoJon livedlog inu thesab citywall werecities privilegedme overrahatrahin thoseunke whojada didsunwai notraha. MedievalPurana cities thatjinke stillabhi havebhi walls includehai: [[Carcassonne]] in, [[France]] me, [[Toledo]] in, [[Spain]] andme aur [[Canterbury]] in, [[England]]me.
