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In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins. In some cases, newer developments on the periphery of the original settlement may have become the town's principal commercial and/or residential hub, leaving the historic "old town" as a secondary focus. There are many places throughout the world referred to as the ''old town'' (sometimes construed as a proper noun and capitalized). This is a list of some famous old towns:
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins. In some cases, newer developments on the periphery of the original settlement may have become the town's principal commercial and/or residential hub, leaving the historic "old town" as a secondary focus. There are many places throughout the world referred to as the ''old town'' (sometimes construed as a proper noun and capitalized). This is a list of some famous old towns:
Africa
Algeria
*Casbah of Algiers
The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah (Arabic: القصبة, Al-qaṣabah, meaning "citadel"), corresponds to the old town or Medina quarter, medina of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been l ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Constantine
* Old Town of Oran
Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...
* Old Béjaïa
Béjaïa ( ; , , ), formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean seaport, port city and communes of Algeria, commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province.
Geography
Location
Béjaïa owes its ...
* Old Tlemcen
Tlemcen (; ) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran and is the capital of Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the port of Rachgoun. It had a population of ...
Egypt
*Medieval Cairo Medieval Cairo may refer to:
* History of Cairo during the Middle Ages
* Islamic Cairo
Islamic Cairo (), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية ''al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya''), refers mostly to the areas of ...
, in Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Rashid
* Old Town of Alexandria
Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...
Ethiopia
* Old Town ofHarar
Harar (; Harari language, Harari: ሀረር / ; ; ; ), known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey (Harari: ጌይ, ݘٛىيْ, ''Gēy'', ), is a List of cities with defensive walls, walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is al ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ivory Coast
* Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, UNESCO World Heritage SiteKenya
* Lamu Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Mombasa Old Town
The Old Town of Mombasa, also known as Mji Wa Kale, is the old part of Mombasa, the main city of Mombasa County in Kenya. Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of , and is inhabited by a mix of Swahili ...
Libya
* Old Town of Ghadamès, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Tripoli * OldMisrata
Misrata ( ; , Libyan Arabic: ; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata) is a city in northwestern Libya located in the Misrata District, situated to the east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. ...
Mali
* Historic Center of Timbuktu, UNESCO World Heritage SiteMorocco
* Old Meknes, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Essaouira, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Fes, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Marrakech, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Tétouan
Tétouan (, or ) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about E.S.E. of Tangier. In the 2014 Morocc ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* El Jadida
El Jadida (, ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the region of Casablanca-Settat. It has a population of 170,956 as of 2023.
The fortified city, b ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Tangier
Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
* Old Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...
* Old Asilah
Asilah () is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, about south of Tangier. Its ramparts and gateworks remain fully intact.
History
The town's history dates back to 1500 B.C., when Phoenicians occupied a site ...
* Chefchaouen
Niger
* Historic Center ofAgadez
Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of the eponymous Agadez Region, the city lies in the Sahara ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Senegal
* Historic Center of Saint-Louis, UNESCO World Heritage SiteTanzania/Zanzibar
*Stone Town
Stonetown of Zanzibar (), also known as , is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania. The newer portion of the city is known as Ng'ambo, Swahili for 'the other side'. Stone Town is located on the western coast of Un ...
in Zanzibar City
Zanzibar City or Mjini District, often simply referred to as Zanzibar (''Wilaya ya Zanzibar Mjini'' or ''Jiji la Zanzibar'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of two administrative districts of Mjini Magharibi Region in Tanzania. The district co ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tunisia
* Old Kairouan, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Medina of Sousse
The Medina of Sousse is a Medina quarter in Sousse, Sousse Governorate, Governorate of Sousse, Tunisia. Designated by the UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 1988, it is a typical example of the architecture of the early centuries of Islam in Maghreb.
...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Medina of Tunis
The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from ...
, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Sfax
Sfax ( ; , ) is a major port city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a ...
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
* Old Town ofBallarat
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Within mo ...
* Old Beechworth
* Old Town of Fitzroy
* Historic center of Sydney
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( The Rocks, Newtown)
* Historic center of Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
( CBD)
* Historic center of Hobart
Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...
* Historic center of Adelaide
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Bangladesh
*Old Town inDhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...
, Old Dhaka
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*Sonargaon
Sonargaon (; ; Literary translation, lit. ''Golden Hamlet (place), Hamlet'') is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It corresponds to the Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division.
Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of ...
Cambodia
* French Quarter ofPhnom Penh
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* French Quarter of Kampot
China
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
* Historical centers ofXidi
Xidi () is a village in Xidi Town (), Yi County, Anhui, Yi County, Huangshan City of the historical Huizhou (region), Huizhou region of Anhui province, China. Xidi and the nearby town of Hongcun are known for their exceptional preservation of ru ...
and Hongcun
* Forbidden City
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and Old Town remnants of Beijing
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* Mountain Resort
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temple town in Chengde
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing e ...
* Old Town of Pingyao
Pingyao, officially Pingyao Ancient City, is a walled city in central Shanxi, China, famed for its importance in Chinese economic history and for its well-preserved Ming and Qing urban planning and architecture. Administratively, it comprise ...
* Old Town of Lijiang
Dayan (), commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang () is the historical center of Lijiang City, in Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
The town has a history going back more than 1,000 years and was once a confluence for ...
* Old Town of Qufu
Qufu ( ; zh, c=曲阜) is a county-level city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, ...
* Old Town of Kaiping
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* Historic Centre of Macau
* Gulangyu
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East China
* OldSanfang Qixiang
Sanfang Qixiang ( zh, c=三坊七巷, p=sān fāng qī xiàng; Foochow Romanized: '), literally Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, is a historic and cultural area in the city of Fuzhou.
Its name is derived from the three lanes ( zh, c=坊, p=fāng; F ...
* Old Town of Yongding
* Ancient Town of Shaoxing
Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ...
* Ancient Town of Wuzhen
Wuzhen ( zh, s=乌镇, p=Wūzhèn, Wu Chinese, Wu: Whu-tsen lit. "Wu Town") is a historic scenic Town (China), town, part of Tongxiang, located in the north of Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, China. It was primarily built in the 7th century during th ...
* Ancient Town of Qibao
Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". ...
* Ancient Town of Fengjing
* Ancient Town of Nanxun
* Ancient Town of Xitang
* Ancient Town of Zhujiajiao
Zhujiajiao (; Shanghainese: ''Chukakoq'') is an ancient town located in the Qingpu District of Shanghai. The population of Zhujiajiao is 95,536.
Zhujiajiao is a water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, and was established about 1,700 years ag ...
* Ancient Town of Qiandeng
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* Ancient Town of Jinxi
* Ancient Town of Luzhi
Luzhi Town () is a famous historic old town located in the Wuzhong District, 18 km east of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
Etymology
It was also known as Puli (),() has two pronunciations, 'fu' and 'pu'. () is pronounced as Pu-li, not ...
* Ancient Town of Zhouzhuang
Zhouzhuang (; Wu: ''Tseu-zaon'') is a water town known for its canals in Jiangsu province, China. It is located within the administrative area of Kunshan, 30 km southeast of the city centre of Suzhou.
Zhouzhuang is a popular tourist destinatio ...
* Ancient Town of Tongli
* Ancient Town of Mudu
* Ancient Town of Suzhou
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Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...
* Ancient Town of Tunxi
* Walled old town area of Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
Southwestern China
* Old Town andPotala Palace
Potala Palace ( Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ་ཕོ་བྲང Chinese: 布达拉宫) is the name of a museum in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, built in the ''dzong''-style. It was previously a palace of t ...
of Lhasa
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Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...
* Dali Ancient City
* Pingle Ancient Town
* Heshun
* Ancient Town of Zhenyuan
* Ancient Town of Ciqikou
* Ancient Town of Lizhuang
* Ancient Town of Liujiangzhen
* Ancient Town of Shangli
* Ancient Town of Luodai
Luodai is an ancient town in the Sichuan province in southwest China. It is located about 20 km from downtown Chengdu. It has about 23,000 inhabitants, of which about 20,000 are Hakka people.
File:Luodai-03.jpg, Main street of Luodai ancie ...
* Ancient Town of Jiezi
Northwestern China
* Qingmuchuan Ancient Town * Old Town ofKashgar
Kashgar () or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar ...
South Central China
* Old Town ofDengfeng
Dengfeng (; postal: Tengfeng) is a county-level city of Henan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou.
Dengfeng has an area of and a population of 630,000. It occupies the southwestern corner of ...
* Yangmei Ancient Town
* Huangyao
Huangyao () is a town in Zhaoping County, Guangxi, China. It has a new and an old part of the town; the old town of Huangyao (黄姚古镇) has a history of around a thousand years, and many of its buildings date from the Qing dynasty.
History
...
Ancient Town
* Fenghuang
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Ancient Town
* Ancient Town of Liye
* Ancient Town of Furong
* Ancient Town of Luoyang
Luoyang ( zh, s=洛阳, t=洛陽, p=Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zheng ...
* Ancient Town of Xijiang
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Northeast China
* Old Town ofHarbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
Fiji
*Levuka
Levuka () is a Local government in Fiji, town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau (Fiji), Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division, Fiji, Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the ...
India
* Old Town and monuments ofAgra
Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...
*Historic Center of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...
* Historical center of Alchi
* Historical center of Amritsar
Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...
*Budaun
Budaun (romanised: Badāʾūn or Badāyūn, ) is a medieval city and headquarters of Budaun district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located about a mile east of the Sot river, and 27 km north of the Ganges, in the Rohilkhand ...
*Havelis of Bundi
*Havelis of Bikaner
Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the States and territories of India, state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. It is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division.
Fo ...
*Champaner
Champaner is a historical town in the state of Gujarat, in western India. It is located in Panchmahal district, 47 kilometres from the city of Vadodara. The city was briefly the capital of the Sultanate of Gujarat. At an early period Champan ...
* Old Delhi
Shahjahanabad colloquially known as Old Delhi( Hindustani: ''Purāni Dillī'') is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shi ...
*Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri () is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Mughal emperors, Emperor Akbar, servin ...
* Old Goa
*Historical center of Gwalior
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*Hampi
Hampi or Hampe (), also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the town of Hampi in Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India. Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; it is menti ...
* Historical center of Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
* Old Town of Jaipur
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*Jaisalmer Fort
Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of the very few "living forts" in the world (such as Carcassonne, France), as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within th ...
*Old Town of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
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*Old Town of Jodhpur
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* Kalna City
*Kanadukathan
Kanadukathan is a Town Panchayat (T.P.), Town Panchayat in the Karaikudi taluk of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Demographics
In 2001, Kanadukathan had a population of 4,795 people. Of these, 10% were under 6 years of age. The town is ...
and other towns of Chettinad
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* Historical center of Kochi
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*Garden Reach
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and other historic districts of Kolkata
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* Kuldhara
*Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...
*
*Old Town of Lucknow
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*Havelis of Mandawa
Mandawa is a town located just 29 km from Jhunjhunu city in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India. It is part of Shekhawati region. Mandawa is located at . It has an average elevation of 316 metres (1036 ft). The nearest rail ...
* Maheshwar
*Old Town of Murshidabad
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*Havelis of Nawalgarh
*Orchha
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* Osian, Jodhpur
*Historic districts of Patna
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*Havelis of Phalodi
Phalodi is a city in Phalodi district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the headquarters for Phalodi district. Phalodi is also called the "salt city" due to the salt industry in Rin. Phalodi is in the buffer zone of Thar Desert and ofte ...
*Pushkar
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* Historical ruined center of Mandu
* Historical centre and Fort of
* Imaicho Merchant Town
* Naramachi Merchant District
* Miyama Farming Town
* Ine Port Town
* Omihachiman
* Oharaimachi
* Yokaichi Merchant District
* Kasashima Port Town
* Hahoe Folk Village (Andong), UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Yangdong Folk Village (Gyeongju), UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Bukchon Hanok Village (Seoul)
* Oeam, Oeam Folk Village (Asan)
* Jeonju Hanok Village (Jeonju)
* Naganeupseong, Nagan Eupseong Folk Village (Suncheon, Nagan)
UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Austria:
*Graz (Styria)
*Krems an der Donau (Lower Austria)
*Salzburg (Salzburg), Altstadt Salzburg
*Innere Stadt (Vienna)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
*Hall in Tirol (Tyrol)
*Innsbruck (Tyrol)
*Linz (Upper Austria)
*Wels (Upper Austria)
*Steyr (Upper Austria)
*Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (Carinthia)
*Historical Center in Vagarshapat, Vagharshapat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Old Town of Goris (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Old Khndzoresk (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Poqr Tagh and Mets Tagh in Meghri (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Old Town of Dilijan (Tavush Province, Tavush)
*Old Town of Ashtarak (Aragatsotn Province, Aragatsotn)
*Kumayri historic district, Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak Province, Shirak)
*Old Town of Tashir (Lori Province, Lori)
*Old Town of Tegh (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Kond, Nork, Yerevan, Old Nork and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan
*Historical Center of Berat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Historical Center of Gjirokastër, Gjirokaster, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Old Town of Vlorë
*Old Town of Durrës
*Old Town of Lezhë
*Old Town of Shkodër
*Old Town of Korçë
*Old Town of Krujë
*Old Town of Dhërmi
*Castle of Elbasan
* Old City (Baku), Walled City of Baku in Baku, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Historic Center of Shaki, Azerbaijan, Shaki, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Ordubad
* Old Town of Ganja
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Narva
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tallinn, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tartu
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Pärnu
* UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Germany:
**Bamberg (Franconia)
**Goslar (Lower Saxony)
**Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein)
**Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt)
**Regensburg (Bavaria)
**Stralsund (Western Pomerania)
**Wismar (Mecklenburg)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
*Northern Germany:
**Bad Doberan (Mecklenburg)
**Binz (Western Pomerania)
**Celle (Lower Saxony)
**Eckernförde (Schleswig)
**Flensburg (Schleswig)
**Friedrichstadt (Schleswig)
**Güstrow (Mecklenburg)
**Hamelin (Lower Saxony)
**Hann. Münden (Lower Saxony)
**Heringsdorf (Western Pomerania)
**Lüneburg (Lower Saxony)
**Neustrelitz (Mecklenburg)
**Putbus (Western Pomerania)
**Ratzeburg (Holstein)
**Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
**Stade (Lower Saxony)
**Waren (Müritz), Waren (Mecklenburg)
**Wolfenbüttel (Lower Saxony)
*Eastern Germany:
**Bautzen (Lusatia)
**Erfurt (Thuringia)
**Görlitz (Silesia)
**Meißen, Meissen (Saxony)
**Pirna (Saxony)
**Stolberg (Harz), Stolberg (Saxony-Anhalt)
**Weimar (Thuringia)
**Wernigerode (Saxony-Anhalt)
*Southern Germany:
**Baden-Baden (Baden)
**Dinkelsbühl (Bavaria)
**Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg (Baden)
**Füssen (Bavaria)
**Heidelberg (Baden)
**Konstanz (Swabia)
**Landshut (Bavaria)
**Lindau (Bavaria)
**Nuremberg (Franconia)
**Ravensburg (Swabia)
**Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Rothenburg (Bavaria)
**Schwäbisch Hall (Swabia)
**Tübingen (Swabia)
**Würzburg (Franconia)
*Western Germany:
**Bacharach (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Beilstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Beilstein (Rhineland)
**Bernkastel-Kues (Rhineland)
**Cochem (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
**Landau (Palatinate)
**Lemgo (Westphalia)
**Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg (Hesse)
**Linz am Rhein (Rheinland)
**Marburg (Hesse)
**Monschau (Rhineland)
**Montabaur (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rüdesheim (Hesse)
**Soest, Germany, Soest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
**Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Wetzlar(Hesse)
**Xanten (Rhineland)
* Medieval City of Rhodes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
* Historical center of Corfu (city), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ionian Islands
* Historical center of Patmos, Chora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
* Plaka, Athens
* Varousi, Trikala
* Old Town of Volos
* Old Town of Mithymna
* Old Town of Symi
* Old Town of Andros
* Old Town of Mykonos
* Old Town of Ermoupoli
FIle:Assisi-skyline.jpg, Skyline of Assisi
*UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Italy:
**Assisi (Umbria)
**Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna)
**Florence (Tuscany)
**Genoa (Liguria)
**Mantua (Lombardy)
**Modena (Emilia-Romagna)
**Naples (Campania)
**Padua (Veneto)
**Pienza (Tuscany)
**Pisa (Tuscany)
**Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna)
**Rome (Lazio)
**San Gimignano (Tuscany)
**Siena (Tuscany)
**Syracuse, Sicily, Siracusa (Sicily)
**Urbino (Marche)
**Venice (Veneto)
**Verona (Veneto)
**Vicenza (Veneto)
I Borghi più belli d'Italia is an association of small Italian towns of historical interest.
Other notable old towns include:
*Northern Italy
**Bassano del Grappa (Veneto)
**Bergamo (Lombardy)
**Bologna (Emilia-Romagna)
**Bolzano (Trentino-Alto Adige)
**Castelfranco Veneto (Veneto)
**Chioggia (Veneto)
**Cittadella (Veneto)
**Milan (Lombardy)
**Palmanova (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Parma (Emilia-Romagna)
**Pavia (Lombardy)
**Polcenigo (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Sacile (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Trento (Trentino-Alto Adige)
**Treviso (Veneto)
**Trieste (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Turin (Piedmont)
**Udine (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Vittorio Veneto (Veneto)
*Central Italy
**Ancona (Marche)
**Arezzo (Tuscany)
**Camerino (Marche)
**Colle di Val d'Elsa (Tuscany)
**Gubbio (Umbria)
**Loreto, Marche, Loreto (Marche)
**Lucca (Tuscany)
**Massa Marittima (Tuscany)
**Montalcino (Tuscany)
**Montefiascone (Lazio)
**Monteleone di Spoleto (Umbria)
**Montepulciano (Tuscany)
**Orvieto (Umbria)
**Perugia (Umbria)
**Tivoli, Lazio, Tivoli (Lazio)
**Viterbo (Lazio)
**Volterra(Tuscany)
*Southern Italy
**Bari (Apulia)
**Catania (Sicily)
**Ostuni (Apulia)
**Trani (Apulia)
**Martina Franca (Apulia)
**Monopoli (Apulia)
**Lecce (Apulia)
**Palermo (Sicily)
**Cefalù (Sicily)
**Salerno (Campania)
**Maratea (Basilicata)
**Tropea (Calabria)
**Benevento (Campania)
**Gallipoli (Apulia)
**Erice (Sicily)
The standard term for 'Old Town' in the Netherlands is "binnenstad", which translates as "innercity", i.e. in city on the inside of the city walls.
* Oude Stad in Nijmegen
* Oude Stad (Tilburg)
* Oude Stad in Amsterdam
* Oude Stad in Dordrecht
* Oude Stad in Utrecht
* Oude Stad in Groningen
* Oude Stad in Alkmaar
* Oude Stad in Gouda, South Holland, Gouda
* Oude Stad in Breda
* Oude Stad in Delft
* Oude Stad in Leeuwarden
* Oude Stad in Arnhem
* Kraków Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Warsaw Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old City of Zamość, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Medieval Town of Toruń, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Poznań Old Town
* Old town of Bielsko-Biała
* Old town of Byczyna
* Old town of Cieszyn
* Old town of Chełmno
* Old town of Darłowo
* Old town of Sandomierz
* Old town of Gliwice
* Old town of Gdańsk
* Old town of Grudziądz
* Old town of Kożuchów
* Old town of Krosno
* Old town of Leszno
* Old town of Lublin
* Old town of Paczków
* Old town of Piotrków Trybunalski
* Old town of Przemyśl
* Old town of Pszczyna
* Old town of Szczecin
* Old town of Stargard Szczeciński
* Old town of Świdnica
* Old town of Tarnów
* Old town of Trzebiatów
* Old town of Ziębice
* Old town of Ząbkowice Śląskie
* Wrocław Old Town, Old town of Wrocław
* Police Old Town
* Old town of Nowe Warpno
* Historic center of Moscow and Kremlin, Moscow Kremlin
* Historic center of Tula, Russia, Tula and Tula Kremlin
* Historic center of Tver
* Old Town of Tutayev, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kolomna, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Smolensk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Ostashkov, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Toropets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Yelets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Torzhok, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Gorokhovets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Galich, Russia, Galich, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kineshma, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Plyos, Ivanovo Oblast, Plyos, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Shuya, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Krapivna, Tula Oblast, Krapivna, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Zaraysk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kasimov, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Yegoryevsk
* Old Town of Kaluga
* Old Town of Rybinsk
* Old Town of Zvenigorod and Zvenigorod Kremlin
* Old Town of Dmitrov
* Old Town of Sergiyev Posad
* Old Town of Bezhetsk
* Old Town of Kalyazin
* Old Town of Myshkin (town), Myshkin
* Old Town of Buy, Kostroma Oblast, Buy
* Old Town of Palekh
* Old Town of Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast, Yuryevets
* Old Town of Gus-Khrustalny (town), Gus-Khrustalny
* Old Town of Serpukhov and Serpukhov Kremlin
* Old Town of Borovsk
* Old Town of Tarusa
* Old Town of Belyov
* Old Town of Skopin, Russia, Skopin
* Old Town of Pronsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Pronsk
* Old Town of Kadom
* Old Town of Oryol
* Old Town of Ostrogozhsk
* Old Town of Roslavl
* Old Town of Vyazma
* Golden Ring of Russia
** Old Murom
** Old Kostroma
** Old Suzdal
** Old Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir
** Old Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Rostov Velikiy
** Old Uglich
* Historic center of Pskov and Pskov Kremlin
* Historic center of Vyborg
* Historic center of Vologda
* Historic center of Arkhangelsk
* Old Town of Kargopol, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Staraya Russa, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Belozersk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Veliky Ustyug, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Totma, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Solvychegodsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Petrozavodsk
* Old Town of Gatchina
* Old Town of Syktyvkar
* Russian East Prussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
** Old Königsberg or Kaliningrad (Amalienau district)
** Old Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Tilsit (Sovyetsk)
** Old Chernyakhovsk, Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk)
** Old Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk)
** Old Zelenogradsk, Kranz (Zelenogradsk)
** Old Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast, Gumbinnen (Gusev)
** Old Gvardeysk, Tapiau (Gvardeysk)
* Historic center of Tomsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Historic center of Irkutsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Historic center of Krasnoyarsk
* Historic center of Omsk
* Old Town of Yeniseysk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Antalya, Historic city district (Kaleiçi)
* Adana, Historic city district (Tepebağ)
* Old City of Antakya
* Old Town of Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus
* Old Town of Alanya
* Kaleköy
* Erymna, Ormana
* Historic Center of Olinda
* Historic Center (Salvador), Historic Center of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, also known as ''Pelourinho''
* Historic Center of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luis
Mumbai
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* Siddhpur
*Old Town of Srinagar
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* Old Town and palace of Udaipur
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* Old Town of Varanasi
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* The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...
Indonesia
* Old Town of Jakarta, within and 4 Outlying Islands (Onrust, Kelor, Cipir dan Bidadari) * Depok Lama (Old Town of Depok) * Old Town ofSemarang
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* Historic City of Surabaya
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* Historic Town of Bandung
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* Historic Town of Medan
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* Historic Monuments of City of Ternate
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* Historic Monuments of Banda Neira
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* Historic Monuments of City Of Tidore
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* Historic Center of City of Yogyakarta
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* Old Mining Town Of Sawahlunto
* Old Town of Padang
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* Old City of Bukittinggi
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* Historic District of Lasem
* Historic Center of Solo
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(Surakarta
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)
* Historic Town of Cirebon
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* Ancient City of Banten
* Historic Center of Palembang
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* Historic City of Tegal
* Historic Town of Bogor
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Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
* Historic center ofKyoto
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(Gion
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and Higashiyama districts)
* Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
Chūbu
* Samurai district ofKanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
( Nagamachi)
* Geisha district of Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
(Higashi Chaya)
* Magome Post Town
* Matsumoto Nakamachi Merchant District
* Narai
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Post Town
* Tsumago Post Town
* Takayama Merchant District
Chūgoku
* Hagi Former Castle Town * Mitarai Historic Townscape *Kurashiki
is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 478,651 and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kurashiki is located in the south-central part of Okay ...
Bikan Historical Quarter
* Tomonoura
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Port Town
* Fukiya Merchant District
* Matsue
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Samurai District
* Yunotsu Onsen Port Town
Kansai
* Imaicho Merchant Town
* Naramachi Merchant District
* Miyama Farming Town
* Ine Port Town
* Omihachiman
* Oharaimachi
Kantō
* Sawara Merchant District * Kawagoe Warehouse DistrictKyushu
* Kitsuki Samurai District * Usuki Samurai District * Taketomi Island * Misumi West Port TownShikoku
* Yokaichi Merchant District
* Kasashima Port Town
Tōhoku
* Ouchijuku Post Town * Kakunodate Samurai DistrictMalaysia
* Historic center of George Town, UNESCOWorld Heritage Site
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* Historic center of Malacca
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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* Old Town of Kuala Lumpur
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* Old Town of Alor Setar
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* Old Town of Ipoh
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* Old Town of Petaling Jaya
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* Old Town of Miri
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* Old Town of Taiping
* Old Town of Kuala Kangsar
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* Old Town of Bentong
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* Old Town of Gopeng
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* Old Town of Kuala Terengganu
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* Old Town of Muar
* Old Town of Batu Pahat
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* Old Town of Kuala Kubu Bharu
* Old Town of Kuala Selangor
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History ...
* Old Town of Lumut
* Chinatown of Kuching
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Myanmar
* Historic center ofYangon
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* Bagan, Old Bagan
Nepal
*Old Town and Durbar Square of Kathmandu *Old Town and Durbar Square of Bhaktapur *Old Town and Durbar Square of Lalitpur, Nepal, Lalitpur *KirtipurNew Zealand
* Old Town of Napier, New Zealand, Napier * Historic center of Wellington * Historic town of Feilding * Historic town of Russell, New Zealand, Russell * Historic town of Arrowtown * Old OamaruPakistan
* Walled City of Lahore, Punjab *Sethi Mohallah of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa *Old City of Multan, PunjabPhilippines
Philippines as the former colony of Spain has numerous heritage structures, most notably in: * Old Town remnants of Intramuros in Manila * Old Town of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Vigan * Old Town of Malolos, Bulacan, Malolos * Old Town of San Fernando, Pampanga, San Fernando * Old Town of Pila, Laguna, Pila * Old Town of Taal, Batangas, Taal * Old Town of Balayan, Batangas, Balayan * Old Town of Iloilo City, Iloilo * Old Town of Laoag * Old Town of Loboc, Bohol, Loboc * Old Town of Carcar, Cebu, Carcar * Old Town of Silay * Old Town of Baclayon, Bohol, Baclayon * Old Town of DapitanSingapore
*Little India, SingaporeSouth Korea
* Hahoe Folk Village (Andong), UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Yangdong Folk Village (Gyeongju), UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Bukchon Hanok Village (Seoul)
* Oeam, Oeam Folk Village (Asan)
* Jeonju Hanok Village (Jeonju)
* Naganeupseong, Nagan Eupseong Folk Village (Suncheon, Nagan)Taiwan
* Old Jiufen, Jioufen * Sisinan * QinbiThailand
*Rattanakosin Island of Bangkok *Talat Noi and Song Wat Road of Bangkok *Kudi Chin of Bangkok *Ban Sing Tha of Yasothon province, Yasothon *Old Phuket Town of Phuket *Chak Ngaeo of Chonburi province, Chonburi *Chanthaboon Riverside Community of Chanthaburi *Amphoe Chiang Khan, Chiang Khan of Loei province, Loei *Amphoe Chum Saeng, Chum Saeng of Nakhon Sawan province, Nakhon Sawan * Tha Chalom of Samut Sakhon province, Samut SakhonUzbekistan
* Old Tashkent * Old Samarkand * Old Bukhara * Old KhivaVietnam
* Old Town of Hanoi * Old Town of Hội An * Old Town of Huế * Old Town of Ho Chi Minh CityEurope
Austria
UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Austria:
*Graz (Styria)
*Krems an der Donau (Lower Austria)
*Salzburg (Salzburg), Altstadt Salzburg
*Innere Stadt (Vienna)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
*Hall in Tirol (Tyrol)
*Innsbruck (Tyrol)
*Linz (Upper Austria)
*Wels (Upper Austria)
*Steyr (Upper Austria)
*Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (Carinthia)Armenia
*Historical Center in Vagarshapat, Vagharshapat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Old Town of Goris (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Old Khndzoresk (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Poqr Tagh and Mets Tagh in Meghri (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Old Town of Dilijan (Tavush Province, Tavush)
*Old Town of Ashtarak (Aragatsotn Province, Aragatsotn)
*Kumayri historic district, Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak Province, Shirak)
*Old Town of Tashir (Lori Province, Lori)
*Old Town of Tegh (Syunik Province, Syunik)
*Kond, Nork, Yerevan, Old Nork and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan
Albania
*Historical Center of Berat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Historical Center of Gjirokastër, Gjirokaster, UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Old Town of Vlorë
*Old Town of Durrës
*Old Town of Lezhë
*Old Town of Shkodër
*Old Town of Korçë
*Old Town of Krujë
*Old Town of Dhërmi
*Castle of Elbasan
Azerbaijan
* Old City (Baku), Walled City of Baku in Baku, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Historic Center of Shaki, Azerbaijan, Shaki, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Ordubad
* Old Town of Ganja
Belgium
*Antwerp *Arlon *Binche *Bruges *Brussels *Dendermonde *Dinant *Durbuy *Ghent *Leuven *Liège *Lier, Belgium, Lier *Mechelen *Mons, Belgium, Mons *Namur *Thuin *Tournai *YpresBosnia and Herzegovina
* Historic Center of Sarajevo * Stari Most (Old City of Mostar) * City of Višegrad * Walled city of Jajce, Jajce * Walled city of Vratnik, Vratnik * Old TuzlaBulgaria
*Old Town (Plovdiv), Old Town in Plovdiv *Old Town in Lovech *Old Town in Nessebur *Old Town in Sofia *Old Town in Veliko TarnovoCroatia
*Old Town of Dubrovnik, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Old Town of Split, Croatia, Split with Diocletian's Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Old Town of Trogir, UNESCO World Heritage Site *Old Town of Varaždin *Old Town of Rovinj *Old Zadar *Gradec, Zagreb, Gradec and Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol, twin old towns of Zagreb *Old Rijeka *Old OsijekCzech Republic
* Old Town, Prague, Staré Město in Prague, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Vnitřní město in Český Krumlov, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Vnitřní město in Kutná Hora, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Vnitřní město in Telč, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Vnitřní město in Karlovy Vary * Vnitřní město in Brno * Vnitřní město in Plzeň * Vnitřní město in LiberecCyprus
*Walled city of Nicosia *Walled city of Famagusta *Old town of Limassol *Old town of Paphos also traditionally known as Ktima. Not to be confused with Nea Paphos aWorld Heritage Site
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*Old town of Larnaca
Denmark
* The Old Town, Aarhus, Den Gamle By in Aarhus * Nyhavn in Copenhagen * Old Odense * Old Aalborg * Old Haderslev * Old RønneEstonia
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Narva
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tallinn, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tartu
* Old Town (Vanalinn) of Pärnu
Finland
* Old Town (Vanhakaupunki) of Porvoo * Vanhakaupunki in Turku * Vanhakaupunki in Helsinki *Old RaumaFrance
The equivalent of "Old Town" in French is ''vieille ville'', although the more formal ''centre historique'' ("historical center") is usually written on road signs. UNESCO World Heritage old towns in France: *Albi (Tarn (department), Tarn) *Avignon (Vaucluse) *Bordeaux (Gironde) *Carcassonne (Aude) *Lyon (Rhône (department), Rhône) *Provins (Seine-et-Marne) *Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) Other notable/famous old towns include: *Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) *Amiens (Somme (department), Somme) *Angers (Maine-et-Loire) *Angoulême (Charente) *Annecy (Haute-Savoie) *Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) *Arras (Pas-de-Calais) *Auch (Gers) *Auxerre (Yonne) *Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) *Besançon (Doubs) *Béziers (Hérault) *Blois (Loir-et-Cher) *Bourges (Cher (department), Cher) *Caen (Calvados (department), Calvados) *Cahors (Lot (department), Lot) *Chartres (Eure-et-Loire) *Chambéry (Savoie) *Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) *Colmar (Haut-Rhin) *Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) *Dijon (Côte-d'Or) *Dinan (Côtes-d'Armor) *Dole, Jura, Dole (Jura (department), Jura) *Grenoble (Isère) *Langres (Haute-Marne) *Laon (Aisne) *La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) *Le Mans (Sarthe) *Lille (Nord (French department), Nord) *Limoges (Haute-Vienne) *Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) *Metz (Moselle (department), Moselle) *Montpellier (Hérault) *Moulins, Allier, Moulins (Allier) *Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) *Nancy, France, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) *Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) *Narbonne (Aude) *Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) *Nîmes (Gard) *Orléans (Loiret) *Paris *Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) *Poitiers (Vienne (department), Vienne) *Quimper (Finistère) *Reims (Marne (department), Marne) *Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) *Rodez (Aveyron) *Rouen (Seine-Maritime) *Saint-Étienne (Loire (department), Loire) *Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) *Sens (Yonne) *Toulon (Var (department), Var) *Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) *Tours (Indre-et-Loire) *Troyes (Aube) *Valence, Drôme, Valence (Drôme) *Vannes (Morbihan)Georgia
* Old Tbilisi (Dzveli Tbilisi) in Tbilisi * Historical Center in Mtskheta, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Town in Kutaisi (Imereti) * Old Town in Batumi (Adjara) * Old Town in Signagi, Sighnaghi (Kakheti) * Old Town in Telavi (Kakheti) * Old Town in Gori, Georgia, Gori (Shida Kartli)Germany
* UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Germany:
**Bamberg (Franconia)
**Goslar (Lower Saxony)
**Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein)
**Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt)
**Regensburg (Bavaria)
**Stralsund (Western Pomerania)
**Wismar (Mecklenburg)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
*Northern Germany:
**Bad Doberan (Mecklenburg)
**Binz (Western Pomerania)
**Celle (Lower Saxony)
**Eckernförde (Schleswig)
**Flensburg (Schleswig)
**Friedrichstadt (Schleswig)
**Güstrow (Mecklenburg)
**Hamelin (Lower Saxony)
**Hann. Münden (Lower Saxony)
**Heringsdorf (Western Pomerania)
**Lüneburg (Lower Saxony)
**Neustrelitz (Mecklenburg)
**Putbus (Western Pomerania)
**Ratzeburg (Holstein)
**Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
**Stade (Lower Saxony)
**Waren (Müritz), Waren (Mecklenburg)
**Wolfenbüttel (Lower Saxony)
*Eastern Germany:
**Bautzen (Lusatia)
**Erfurt (Thuringia)
**Görlitz (Silesia)
**Meißen, Meissen (Saxony)
**Pirna (Saxony)
**Stolberg (Harz), Stolberg (Saxony-Anhalt)
**Weimar (Thuringia)
**Wernigerode (Saxony-Anhalt)
*Southern Germany:
**Baden-Baden (Baden)
**Dinkelsbühl (Bavaria)
**Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg (Baden)
**Füssen (Bavaria)
**Heidelberg (Baden)
**Konstanz (Swabia)
**Landshut (Bavaria)
**Lindau (Bavaria)
**Nuremberg (Franconia)
**Ravensburg (Swabia)
**Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Rothenburg (Bavaria)
**Schwäbisch Hall (Swabia)
**Tübingen (Swabia)
**Würzburg (Franconia)
*Western Germany:
**Bacharach (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Beilstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Beilstein (Rhineland)
**Bernkastel-Kues (Rhineland)
**Cochem (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
**Landau (Palatinate)
**Lemgo (Westphalia)
**Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg (Hesse)
**Linz am Rhein (Rheinland)
**Marburg (Hesse)
**Monschau (Rhineland)
**Montabaur (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rüdesheim (Hesse)
**Soest, Germany, Soest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
**Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate)
**Wetzlar(Hesse)
**Xanten (Rhineland)
Greece
* Medieval City of Rhodes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
* Historical center of Corfu (city), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ionian Islands
* Historical center of Patmos, Chora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
* Plaka, Athens
Crete
* Old Town of Chania * Old Town of Heraklion * Old Town of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Agios Nikolaos * Old Town of RethymnoAttica
* Plaka, AthensMacedonia
* Upper Town (Thessaloniki), Ano Poli and Ladadika, Thessaloniki * Old Town of Drama, Greece, Drama * Old Town of Kavala * Old Town of Florina * Old Town of NymfaioThessaly
* Varousi, Trikala
* Old Town of Volos
Thrace
* Old Town of Xanthi * Old Town of KomotiniEpirus
* Old Town of Parga * Old Town of Metsovo * Ioannina Castle, Ioannina * Old Town of Preveza * Old Town of KonitsaPeloponnese
* Old Town of Koroni * Old Town of Dimitsana * Old Town of Kalavryta * Old Stemnitsa * Old Town of Areopoli * Old Town of Patras * Old Town of Leonidio * Old Town of Kalamata * Monemvasia * Old Town of NafplioIonian Islands
* Old Town of FiskardoAegan Islands
* Old Town of Mithymna
* Old Town of Symi
* Old Town of Andros
* Old Town of Mykonos
* Old Town of Ermoupoli
Central Greece
* Old Town of Galaxidi, Central Greece * Old Arachova * Old Town of Nafpaktos * Old Town of LivadeiaItaly
FIle:Assisi-skyline.jpg, Skyline of Assisi
*UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Italy:
**Assisi (Umbria)
**Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna)
**Florence (Tuscany)
**Genoa (Liguria)
**Mantua (Lombardy)
**Modena (Emilia-Romagna)
**Naples (Campania)
**Padua (Veneto)
**Pienza (Tuscany)
**Pisa (Tuscany)
**Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna)
**Rome (Lazio)
**San Gimignano (Tuscany)
**Siena (Tuscany)
**Syracuse, Sicily, Siracusa (Sicily)
**Urbino (Marche)
**Venice (Veneto)
**Verona (Veneto)
**Vicenza (Veneto)
I Borghi più belli d'Italia is an association of small Italian towns of historical interest.
Other notable old towns include:
*Northern Italy
**Bassano del Grappa (Veneto)
**Bergamo (Lombardy)
**Bologna (Emilia-Romagna)
**Bolzano (Trentino-Alto Adige)
**Castelfranco Veneto (Veneto)
**Chioggia (Veneto)
**Cittadella (Veneto)
**Milan (Lombardy)
**Palmanova (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Parma (Emilia-Romagna)
**Pavia (Lombardy)
**Polcenigo (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Sacile (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Trento (Trentino-Alto Adige)
**Treviso (Veneto)
**Trieste (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Turin (Piedmont)
**Udine (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
**Vittorio Veneto (Veneto)
*Central Italy
**Ancona (Marche)
**Arezzo (Tuscany)
**Camerino (Marche)
**Colle di Val d'Elsa (Tuscany)
**Gubbio (Umbria)
**Loreto, Marche, Loreto (Marche)
**Lucca (Tuscany)
**Massa Marittima (Tuscany)
**Montalcino (Tuscany)
**Montefiascone (Lazio)
**Monteleone di Spoleto (Umbria)
**Montepulciano (Tuscany)
**Orvieto (Umbria)
**Perugia (Umbria)
**Tivoli, Lazio, Tivoli (Lazio)
**Viterbo (Lazio)
**Volterra(Tuscany)
*Southern Italy
**Bari (Apulia)
**Catania (Sicily)
**Ostuni (Apulia)
**Trani (Apulia)
**Martina Franca (Apulia)
**Monopoli (Apulia)
**Lecce (Apulia)
**Palermo (Sicily)
**Cefalù (Sicily)
**Salerno (Campania)
**Maratea (Basilicata)
**Tropea (Calabria)
**Benevento (Campania)
**Gallipoli (Apulia)
**Erice (Sicily)
Latvia
* Vecrīga in Riga, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Town of Liepāja * Old Daugavpils * Old Kuldīga * Old Town of Cēsis * Old VentspilsLithuania
* Vilnius Old Town, Senamiestis in Vilnius (a part of UNESCO Heritage Site, UNESCO) * Kaunas Old Town, Senamiestis in Kaunas * Klaipėda Old Town, Senamiestis in Klaipėda * Trakai Old Town, Senamiestis in Trakai * Senamiestis in Kėdainiai * Senamiestis in UkmergėLuxembourg
* Old Town of Luxembourg CityMontenegro
* Old Town of Kotor, aWorld Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
* Old Town of Budva
* Old Town of Herceg Novi
* Old Town of Perast
* Old Town of Ulcinj
* Historical core of Cetinje
* Stara Varoš (Podgorica)
* Stari Bar
Moldova
* Old Town of ChișinăuNetherlands
The standard term for 'Old Town' in the Netherlands is "binnenstad", which translates as "innercity", i.e. in city on the inside of the city walls.
* Oude Stad in Nijmegen
* Oude Stad (Tilburg)
* Oude Stad in Amsterdam
* Oude Stad in Dordrecht
* Oude Stad in Utrecht
* Oude Stad in Groningen
* Oude Stad in Alkmaar
* Oude Stad in Gouda, South Holland, Gouda
* Oude Stad in Breda
* Oude Stad in Delft
* Oude Stad in Leeuwarden
* Oude Stad in Arnhem
North Macedonia
* Historical Center of Ohrid, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old Town of Bitola * Old Bazaar of Skopje * Old Town of KruševoNorway
* Old Town, Oslo * Old Town, Ålesund * Old Town, Bergen (city), Bergen * Old Town, Grimstad (town), GrimstadPoland
* Kraków Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Warsaw Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old City of Zamość, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Medieval Town of Toruń, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Poznań Old Town
* Old town of Bielsko-Biała
* Old town of Byczyna
* Old town of Cieszyn
* Old town of Chełmno
* Old town of Darłowo
* Old town of Sandomierz
* Old town of Gliwice
* Old town of Gdańsk
* Old town of Grudziądz
* Old town of Kożuchów
* Old town of Krosno
* Old town of Leszno
* Old town of Lublin
* Old town of Paczków
* Old town of Piotrków Trybunalski
* Old town of Przemyśl
* Old town of Pszczyna
* Old town of Szczecin
* Old town of Stargard Szczeciński
* Old town of Świdnica
* Old town of Tarnów
* Old town of Trzebiatów
* Old town of Ziębice
* Old town of Ząbkowice Śląskie
* Wrocław Old Town, Old town of Wrocław
* Police Old Town
* Old town of Nowe Warpno
Portugal
*Old town in Póvoa de Varzim, named "old town" (Vila Velha) since 1343. *Old town in Porto *Old town in Guimarães *Óbidos, Portugal walled city *Old town in Évora *Old town in LisbonRomania
* Historic Centre of Sighișoara, Old town of Sighișoara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old town of Arad, Romania, Arad * Old town of Alba Iulia * Old town of Botoșani * Old town of Brașov * Old town of Brăila * Old town of Bucharest * Old town of Cluj Napoca * Old town of Constanța * Old town of Craiova * Old town of Iași * Old town of Oradea * Old town of Sibiu * Old town of TimișoaraRussia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
* Old town of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site * Old town of Veliky Novgorod * Old town of Derbent * Historic center of Yaroslavl= Central Federal District
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* Historic center of Moscow and Kremlin, Moscow Kremlin
* Historic center of Tula, Russia, Tula and Tula Kremlin
* Historic center of Tver
* Old Town of Tutayev, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kolomna, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Smolensk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Ostashkov, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Toropets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Yelets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Torzhok, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Gorokhovets, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Galich, Russia, Galich, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kineshma, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Plyos, Ivanovo Oblast, Plyos, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Shuya, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Krapivna, Tula Oblast, Krapivna, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Zaraysk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Kasimov, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Yegoryevsk
* Old Town of Kaluga
* Old Town of Rybinsk
* Old Town of Zvenigorod and Zvenigorod Kremlin
* Old Town of Dmitrov
* Old Town of Sergiyev Posad
* Old Town of Bezhetsk
* Old Town of Kalyazin
* Old Town of Myshkin (town), Myshkin
* Old Town of Buy, Kostroma Oblast, Buy
* Old Town of Palekh
* Old Town of Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast, Yuryevets
* Old Town of Gus-Khrustalny (town), Gus-Khrustalny
* Old Town of Serpukhov and Serpukhov Kremlin
* Old Town of Borovsk
* Old Town of Tarusa
* Old Town of Belyov
* Old Town of Skopin, Russia, Skopin
* Old Town of Pronsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Pronsk
* Old Town of Kadom
* Old Town of Oryol
* Old Town of Ostrogozhsk
* Old Town of Roslavl
* Old Town of Vyazma
* Golden Ring of Russia
** Old Murom
** Old Kostroma
** Old Suzdal
** Old Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir
** Old Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Rostov Velikiy
** Old Uglich
= Volga Federal District
= * Historic center of Kazan and the Kazan Kremlin * Historic center of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin * Historic center of Saratov * Historic center of Orenburg * Historic center of Samara * Historic center of Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Kirov * Old Town of Volsk, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Arzamas, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Yelabuga, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Chistopol, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Bolgar, Spassky District, Republic of Tatarstan, Bolgar * Old Town of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Gorodets * Old Town of Sarov= Northwestern Federal District
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* Historic center of Pskov and Pskov Kremlin
* Historic center of Vyborg
* Historic center of Vologda
* Historic center of Arkhangelsk
* Old Town of Kargopol, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Staraya Russa, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Belozersk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Veliky Ustyug, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Totma, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Solvychegodsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Old Town of Petrozavodsk
* Old Town of Gatchina
* Old Town of Syktyvkar
* Russian East Prussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
** Old Königsberg or Kaliningrad (Amalienau district)
** Old Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Tilsit (Sovyetsk)
** Old Chernyakhovsk, Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk)
** Old Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk)
** Old Zelenogradsk, Kranz (Zelenogradsk)
** Old Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast, Gumbinnen (Gusev)
** Old Gvardeysk, Tapiau (Gvardeysk)
= Southern Federal District
= * Historic center of Rostov-on-Don * Historic center of Krasnodar * Historic center of Volgograd * Historic center of Astrakhan and Astrakhan Kremlin, Astrakhan kremlin * Old Town of Azov, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Taganrog, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Yeysk * Old Town of Maykop * Old Town of Uryupinsk * Old Town of Armavir, Russia, Armavir= North Caucasian Federal District
= * Historic center of Vladikavkaz * Historic center of Pyatigorsk * Historic center of Stavropol * Old Town of Kislovodsk * Old Town of Georgiyevsk, Georgievsk= Ural Federal District
= * Historic center of Yekaterinburg * Historic center of Tyumen * Old Town of Verkhoturye, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Tobolsk and Tobolsk Kremlin= Siberian Federal District
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* Historic center of Tomsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Historic center of Irkutsk, historic settlement of federal importance
* Historic center of Krasnoyarsk
* Historic center of Omsk
* Old Town of Yeniseysk, historic settlement of federal importance
= Far Eastern Federal District
= * Historic center of Vladivostok * Historic center of Blagoveshchensk * Historic center of Khabarovsk * Old Town of Kyakhta, historic settlement of federal importance * Old Town of Nerchinsk * Old Town of Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita * Old Town of Komsomolsk-on-AmurSerbia
* Stari Grad, Novi Sad, Stari Grad, a neighborhood in Novi Sad * Petrovaradin suburb * Old Town (Sremski Karlovci), Stari Grad, Sremski Karlovci - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Kikinda), Stari Grad, Kikinda - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Zrenjanin), Stari Grad, Zrenjanin - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Bečej), Stari Grad, Bečej - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Sombor), Stari Grad, Sombor - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Pančevo), Stari Grad, Pančevo - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Subotica), Stari Grad, Subotica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Pančevo), Stari Grad, Sremska Mitrovica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Zemun), Stari Grad, Zemun - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Stari Grad, Belgrade, Stari Grad, a municipality in Belgrade * Old Town (Grocka), Stara čaršija, Grocka, Belgrade - Two quarters of Old City are a Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Tešnjar, Valjevo - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Novi Pazar), Stara čaršija, Novi Pazar - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Stari Grad, Kragujevac, Stari Grad, a municipality in Kragujevac * Stari Grad, Užice, Stari Grad, the remains of a fort in Užice * Old Town (Ivanjica), Stari Grad, Ivanjica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance * Old Town (Negotin), Stari Grad, Negotin - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance *Old Town of Prizren *Old Bazaar of ĐakovicaSlovakia
* Old Town, Bratislava, Staré Mesto in Bratislava * Old Town, Košice, Staré Mesto in Košice * Staré Mesto Nitra, Staré Mesto in NitraSpain
* UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Spain: ** Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) ** Ávila, Spain, Ávila (Castile and León) ** Baeza, Spain, Baeza (Andalusia) ** Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres (Extremadura) ** Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba (Andalusia) ** Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca (Castile-La Mancha) ** Salamanca (Castile and León) ** San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands) ** Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) ** Segovia (Castile and León) ** Toledo, Spain, Toledo (Castile-La Mancha) ** Úbeda (Andalusia) Other notable/famous old towns include: * Almagro, Ciudad Real, Almagro (Castile-La Mancha) * Andújar (Andalusia) * Avilés (Asturias) * Bilbao (Basque Country) * Burgos (Castile and León) * Cádiz (Andalusia) * Girona (Catalonia) * Granada (Andalusia) * Hondarribia (Basque Country) * Ibiza Town, Ibiza (Balearic Islands) * Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) * León, Spain, León (Castile and León) * Lorca, Spain, Lorca (Murcia) * Lugo (Galicia) * Madrid (Madrid) * Ourense (Galicia) * Oviedo (Asturias) * Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands) * Pamplona (Navarre) * Peniscola (Valencian Community) * Pontevedra (Galicia) * Priego de Córdoba (Andalusia) * San Sebastián (Basque Country) * San Roque, Cádiz, San Roque (Andalusia) * Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Andalusia) * Seville (Andalusia) * Solsona, Lleida, Solsona (Catalonia) * Tafalla (Navarre) * Tarragona (Catalonia) * Teruel (Aragón) * Toro, Zamora, Toro (Castile and León) * Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo (Extremadura) * Tudela, Navarre, Tudela (Navarre) * Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country) * Zamora, Spain, Zamora (Castile and León)Sweden
* Gamla staden, Malmö * Gamla stan, Stockholm * Gamlestaden, Gothenburg * Gammelstaden, Luleå Municipality * Visby, Region Gotland, UNESCOSwitzerland
* Old City (Bern), Bern, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Altstadt (Zürich), Zürich, District 1 * Old Town of Geneva * Old Town of Solothurn * Old Town of Basel * Old Town of Lucerne * Old Town of Lausanne * Old Town of St.Gallen * Old Town of Fribourg * Old Town of Aarau * Old Town of Thun * Old Town of Neuchâtel * Old Town of Lugano * Old Town of Vevey * Old Town of Gruyères * Old town of Biel * Old town of Sion, Switzerland, Sion * Old town of ZugTurkey
UNESCO
* Istanbul, Historic Peninsula (Fatih district), UNESCO World Heritage site * Bursa, Historic city center, UNESCO World Heritage site * Cumalıkızık, UNESCO World Heritage site * Safranbolu, UNESCO World Heritage siteAegan region
* Old Town of Foça * Old Town of Alaçatı * Old Town of Çeşme * Old Town of Sığacık * Şirince * Old Town of Doğanbey, Söke, Doğanbey * Birgi * Old Town of Bodrum * Old Town of Marmaris * Old Town of Yeşilüzümlü * Old Town of Buldan * Old Town of Babadağ, Denizli, Babadağ * Old Town of Kula, Manisa, Kula * Old Town of Kütahya * Old Town of AfyonkarahisarBlack Sea Region
* Old Town of Göynük * Mudurnu * Old Town of Akçakoca * Old Town of Kastamonu * Amasya, Historic city center * Old Town of Bartın * Old Town of TokatCentral Anatolia Region
* Ankara, Historic city center (Altındağ, Ankara, Altındağ district) * Eskişehir, Historic city district (Odunpazarı district) * Konya, Historic city district * Kayseri, Historic city district * Old Town of Çankırı * Beypazarı * Old Town of Sivrihisar * Old Town of Güzelyurt * Old Town of Niğde * Cappadocia (UNESCO World Heritage site) ** Old Avanos ** Old Çavuşin ** Old Uçhisar ** Old Ürgüp ** Old Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp, Mustafapaşa ** Old OrtahisarEastern Anatolia Region
* Malatya, Historic city district (Yeşilyurt, Malatya, Yeşilyurt district) * Old Kemaliye * Old Town of Bitlis * Old Malatya (Battalgazi) * Old Town of Çukurca * Old Town of KarsMarmara Region
* Old Town of Edirne * Old Town of Çanakkale * Old Town of Mudanya, Mudanaya * Tenedos, Bozcaada * Old Town of Osmaneli * Old Taraklı * Old Town of İzmitMediterranean Region
* Antalya, Historic city district (Kaleiçi)
* Adana, Historic city district (Tepebağ)
* Old City of Antakya
* Old Town of Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus
* Old Town of Alanya
* Kaleköy
* Erymna, Ormana
Southeastern Anatolia Region
* Gaziantep, Historic city district (Bey Mahallesi) * Old Urfa * Harran * Old Town of Uludere * Tur Abdin Region ** Old Town of Mardin ** Old Town of Midyat ** Gülgöze, Mardin, Iwardo ** Çatalçam, Dargeçit, Dayro da-Slibo ** Yemişli, Midyat, AnhelUkraine
* Old Town (Lviv), Stare Misto in Lviv, UNESCO World Heritage site * Old Odesa, UNESCO World Heritage site * Old Kyiv * Old Kamianets-Podilskyi * Old Kharkiv * Old Chernivtsi * Old Uzhhorod * Old Chernihiv * Old TernopilUnited Kingdom
England
* UNESCO World Heritage old towns in England: ** Bath, Somerset, City of Bath ** Greenwich#World heritage site, Maritime Greenwich ** Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City * Old Town, Barnsley * Old Town, Chard * Old Town, Croydon * Old Town, hamlet near Mansergh, Cumbria * Old Town, Eastbourne * Hastings Old Town, Old Town, Hastings * Old Town, Isles of Scilly * Old Town, Kingston upon Hull * Old Town, hamlet near Otterburn, Northumberland * Old Town, Southampton, a district of the city of Southampton * Old Town, Swindon * Old Town, West YorkshireScotland
* Old Town, Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the New Town, EdinburghWales
* Holyhead Old Town, a townscape heritage conservation area with the best surviving Roman Fort in WalesOverseas territories
* UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda, Historic Town of St George, Bermuda, a UNESCO World Heritage SiteMiddle East
Israel and Palestine
* Old City of Jerusalem * Old City of Acre, Israel, Acre * Old City of Beersheba * Old City of Haifa * Old City (Jaffa), Old Jaffa * Old City of Nazareth * Old City of Bethlehem * Old City of Ramle * Old City of Hebron * Old City of Nablus * Old City of Tiberias * Old City of SafedLebanon
* Byblos, Old Byblos * Sidon, Old Sidon * Tripoli, Lebanon, Old Tripoli * Tyre, Lebanon, Old Tyre * Beirut Central District * Batroun, Old Batroun * Deir el Qamar * RachayaSaudi Arabia
* Diriyah in Riyadh * Jeddah, Old JeddahSyria
* Ancient City of Aleppo, in Syria * Ancient City of Bosra, in Syria * Ancient City of Damascus in Syria * Old TartusYemen
* Old City of Sana'a in Yemen * Old Walled City of Shibam in Yemen * Zabīd in YemenIran
* Historical Center in Yazd, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Historical Center in Isfahan, UNESCO World Heritage Site * Historical City of Masuleh * Historical City of Meybod * Old AbyanehIraq
* Citadel of Erbil, Erbil citadel * Old Mosul * Old Baghdad * Old BasraNorth America
Canada
Quebec
*Old Quebec, Historic District of Old Quebec, Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site *Old Montreal, QuebecOther
*Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site *Old Town, Toronto, Ontario *Old Town Victoria (state), VictoriaCuba
* Old Havana, a UNESCO World heritage SiteDominican Republic
* Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo), Ciudad Colonial in Santo Domingo, oldest European city in America, UNESCO World Heritage SiteMexico
*Historic center of Mexico City, Mexico City, a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
*Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Morelia, Michoacán, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Queretaro City, Querétaro
*Campeche City, Campeche, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
*San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Panama
* Panamá Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage SitePuerto Rico
* Old San Juan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesUnited States
California
*Pueblo de Los Ángeles *Old Town Eureka *Historic Center of San Francisco *Old Town Oakland, California, Oakland *Old Town Nevada City, California, Nevada City *Old Solvang, California, Solvang *Old Ferndale, California, Ferndale *Old Julian, California, Julian * Old Town Pasadena * Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Old Sacramento * Old Town, San Diego and Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkFlorida
* St. Augustine, Florida, Old St. Augustine * Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, Old Town Fernandina * Old Town, Key WestMaryland
* Historic center of Baltimore (Old West Baltimore Historic District, Old West Baltimore, North Central Historic District (Baltimore, Maryland), North Central Historic District), Maryland * Old Annapolis, Maryland * Olde Towne Gaithersburg, MarylandNew Mexico
* Old Town Fairfax, Old Town Albuquerque * Old Town Taos, New Mexico, Taos * Historic Center of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe * Old Silver City, New Mexico, Silver CityNew York
* Historic center of New York City, New York, New York * Old Town, Staten Island, New YorkNortheastern United States
*Historic center of Boston (North End, Boston, North End, Back Bay, Boston, Back Bay and Beacon Hill, Boston, Beacon Hill), Massachusetts *Historic center of Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia), Chestnut Hill, Old City, Philadelphia, Old City), Pennsylvania *Old Portsmouth, New Hampshire *Old Burlington, Vermont *Old New Haven, Connecticut *Old Portland, Maine *Old Town Jersey City, New Jersey *Old Town Salem, Massachusetts *New Castle, DelawareNorth Carolina
*Beaufort, North Carolina, Old Town Beaufort *Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Old Town Blowing Rock *Asheville, North Carolina, Old Town AshevilleTennessee
*Old Town (Franklin, Tennessee) a location along the Natchez Trace named for the Mississippian mound complex there *Old Town (Mississippian culture mound complex), Franklin, Tennessee *Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee), also known as ''Old Town'', NRHP-listedVirginia
* Historic center of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond * Old Town Fairfax * Old Town Alexandria * Old Town Manassas * Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic DistrictOther US states
*Scottsdale, AZ, Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona * Old Town, Augusta, Georgia * Old Town, Chicago, Illinois * Old Town, Indiana * Old Town, Wichita, Kansas * Old Town (Lansing, Michigan), Old Town Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan * Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon, Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon * Fairhaven, Washington, Fairhaven, the oldest part of Bellingham, WashingtonSouth America
Argentina
* San Telmo and La Boca in Buenos Aires * Old Salta * Old UshuaiaBrazil
Northeast
* Historic Center of Olinda
* Historic Center (Salvador), Historic Center of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, also known as ''Pelourinho''
* Historic Center of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luis
Center-West
* Historic Center of Goiás, GoiásSoutheast
* Historic Center of Diamantina, Minas Gerais * Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Centro, in Rio de Janeiro * Sé (district of São Paulo), Sé, in the Central Zone of São PauloSouth
* Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre, Centro Histórico, in Porto AlegreColombia
* La Candelaria, Bogotá, La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá * Old Cartagena, Colombia, CartagenaEcuador
* Quito#Historic center, Quito's Historic CenterUruguay
* Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo, "Old City" is the name of the oldest part of the cityOther uses
* The Girls of Old Town, a group of prostitutes in the comic series ''Sin City'' * Old Town (song), a song by Phil Lynott, later covered by the CorrsSee also
* Altstadt * Eskişehir, "Old City" in Turkish * Old City (disambiguation) * Oldtown (disambiguation) * Stare Miasto (disambiguation), "Old Town" in Polish * Stari Grad (disambiguation), means "Old Town"References
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