[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Gloucester, Massacusetts [{Image src='1560us.jpg' width='800' height='562' alt='Gloucester, Massacusetts' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Gloucester, Massacusetts'}] \\ Seaside view at Gloucester, Massacusetts. Settled in 1623, the city - long a fishing and seafood center - claims to be Americas oldest seaport.