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Most Besieged Cities Throughout History (with Countries)

Guess which cities or other settlements have been under siege at least six times throughout history. Modern countries are included to help.
Based on the number of times each city appears on this list.
Areas of cities and historical cities on the site of modern cities are included with those cities.
Sieges of specific buildings within cities are not counted.
Countries are those that the cities are currently located within, those that own the cities and those that claim the cities.
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Last updated: October 27, 2021
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Country
Number of Sieges
First Siege
Last Siege
City
Israel/Palestine
19
925 BC
1967
Jerusalem
Turkey
18
478 BC
1453
Istanbul
United Kingdom
16
1309
1779–83
Gibraltar
Italy
15
408–410
1870
Rome
Serbia
14
588
1806
Belgrade
Italy
13
415–413 BC
1735
Syracuse
Spain
11
800–801
1808
Barcelona
Lebanon
11
724–720 BC
1187
Tyre
Turkey
10
359
2015–2016
Diyarbakır
Italy
10
569–572
1706
Pavia
Estonia
9
1558
1608
Paide
Venezuela
9
1743
1962
Puerto Cabello
Greece
9
254
1422–1430
Thessaloniki
Estonia
8
1224
1704
Tartu
Syria
7
637
2012–2016
Aleppo
Turkey
7
540
1268
Antioch
Hungary
7
1541
1944–1945
Budapest
Italy
7
211 BC
1734
Capua
Turkey
7
502
1146
Edessa
Germany
7
953
1813–1814
Mainz
Italy
7
536
1528
Naples
Germany
7
921
1634
Regensburg
Estonia
7
1211
1600
Viljandi
Israel
6
1102
1799
Acre
Egypt
6
48–47 BC
1801
Alexandria
Iraq
6
812–813
1638
Baghdad
Germany
6
1106
1262
Cologne
Syria
6
634
1400
Damascus
Italy
6
1435
1860–1861
Gaeta
Italy
6
1522
1800
Genoa
Belgium
6
1595
1705
Huy
Israel
6
1102
1799
Jaffa
France
6
1543
1794
Landrecies
Netherlands
6
1579
1793
Maastricht
France
6
451
1870
Metz
Turkey
6
337
972
Nisibis
Algeria
6
1509
1790–1792
Oran
France
6
845
1870–71
Paris
Russia
6
1502
1654
Smolensk
France
6
721
1226
Toulouse
Belgium
6
575
1745
Tournai
Belgium
6
1383
1794
Ypres
4 Comments
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Level 77
Sep 21, 2021
Interesting quiz. You have inadvertently given us the answer to one of the questions by putting the city in the question instead of the country (France).
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Level 79
Sep 21, 2021
Ah, so I have. Thanks
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Level 60
Oct 27, 2021
Calais in 1940 wasn't a siege, it was a battle. I knew a chap who fought in it. He was captured and spent the next 5 years in a POW camp in Poland.
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Level 79
Oct 27, 2021
Alright, I've removed it.