Old town
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
[edit]Algeria
[edit]- Casbah of Algiers
- Old Town of Oran
Côte d'Ivoire
[edit]- Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Egypt
[edit]- Medieval Cairo, in Cairo
- Old Rashid
- Old Town of Alexandria
Ethiopia
[edit]- Old Town of Harar, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kenya
[edit]- Lamu Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Mombasa Old Town
Libya
[edit]- Old Town of Ghadamès, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mali
[edit]- Historic Center of Timbuktu, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Morocco
[edit]- Old Meknes in Morocco
- Old Essaouira, in Morocco
- Old Fes, in Morocco
- Old Marrakech, in Morocco
- Tétouan in Morocco
- El Jadida in Morocco
Niger
[edit]- Historic Center of Agadez
Tanzania/Zanzibar
[edit]- Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage Site)
Tunisia
[edit]Asia and the Pacific
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Old Town of Ballarat
- Old Beechworth
- Old Town of Fitzroy
- Historic center of Sydney (The Rocks, Newtown)
- Historic center of Melbourne (CBD)
- Historic center of Hobart
- Historic center of Adelaide
Bangladesh
[edit]China
[edit]UNESCO World Heritage Sites
[edit]- Forbidden City and Old Town remnants of Beijing
- Mountain Resort temple town in Chengde
- Old Town of Pingyao
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Old Town of Qufu
- Old Town of Kaiping
- Historic Centre of Macau
- Gulangyu
East China
[edit]- Old Sanfang Qixiang
- Old Town of Yongding
- Ancient Town of Shaoxing
- Ancient Town of Wuzhen
- Ancient Town of Qibao
- Ancient Town of Fengjing
- Ancient Town of Nanxun
- Ancient Town of Xitang
- Ancient Town of Zhujiajiao
- Ancient Town of Qiandeng
- Ancient Town of Jinxi
- Ancient Town of Luzhi
- Ancient Town of Zhouzhuang
- Ancient Town of Tongli
- Ancient Town of Mudu
- Ancient Town of Suzhou
- Ancient Town of Tunxi
- Walled old town area of Nanjing
Southwestern China
[edit]- Old Town and Potala Palace of Lhasa
- 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
- Ancient Town of Jiezi
Northwestern China
[edit]- Qingmuchuan Ancient Town
- Old Town of Kashgar
South Central China
[edit]- Old Town of Dengfeng
- Yangmei Ancient Town
- Huangyao Ancient Town
- Fenghuang Ancient Town
- Ancient Town of Liye
- Ancient Town of Furong
- Ancient Town of Luoyang
- Ancient Town of Xijiang
Northeast China
[edit]- Old Town of Harbin
Fiji
[edit]India
[edit]- Old Town and monuments of Agra
- Historic Center of Ahmedabad
- Historical center of Alchi
- Historical center of Amritsar
- Budaun
- Havelis of Bundi
- Havelis of Bikaner
- Champaner
- Old Delhi
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Old Goa
- Historical center of Gwalior
- Hampi
- Historical center of Hyderabad
- Old Town of Jaipur
- Jaisalmer Fort
- Old Town of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Old Town of Jodhpur
- Kalna City
- Kanadukathan and other towns of Chettinad
- Historical center of Kochi
- Garden Reach and other historic districts of Kolkata
- Kuldhara
- Kumbakonam
- Historic center of Leh
- Old Town of Lucknow
- Havelis of Mandawa
- Maheshwar
- Old Town of Murshidabad
- Havelis of Nawalgarh
- Orchha
- Osian, Jodhpur
- Historic districts of Patna
- Havelis of Phalodi
- Pushkar
- Historical center of Puducherry
- Historical ruined center of Mandu
- Historical center of Mumbai
- Siddhpur
- Old Town of Srinagar
- Old Town and palace of Udaipur
- Old Town of Varanasi
Indonesia
[edit]- Old Town of Jakarta, within and 4 Outlying Islands (Onrust, Kelor, Cipir dan Bidadari)
- Depok Lama (Old Town of Depok)
- Old Town of Semarang
- Historic City of Surabaya
- Historic Town of Bandung
- Historic Town of Medan
- Historic Monuments of City of Ternate
- Historic Monuments of Banda Neira
- Historic Monuments of City Of Tidore
- Historic Center of City of Yogyakarta
- Old Mining Town Of Sawahlunto
- Old Town of Padang
- Old City of Bukittinggi
- Historic District of Lasem
- Historic Center of Solo (Surakarta)
- Historic Town of Cirebon
- Ancient City of Banten
- Historic Center of Palembang
- Historic City of Tegal
- Historic Town of Bogor
Japan
[edit]UNESCO World Heritage Sites
[edit]- Historic center of Kyoto (Gion and Higashiyama districts)
- Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
Chūbu
[edit]- Samurai district of Kanazawa (Nagamachi)
- Geisha district of Kanazawa (Higashi Chaya)
- Magome Post Town
- Matsumoto Nakamachi Merchant District
- Narai Post Town
- Tsumago Post Town
- Takayama Merchant District
Chūgoku
[edit]- Hagi Former Castle Town
- Mitarai Historic Townscape
- Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
- Tomonoura Port Town
- Fukiya Merchant District
- Matsue Samurai District
- Yunotsu Onsen Port Town
Kansai
[edit]- Imaicho Merchant Town
- Naramachi Merchant District
- Miyama Farming Town
- Ine Port Town
- Omihachiman
- Oharaimachi
Kantō
[edit]Kyushu
[edit]- Kitsuki Samurai District
- Usuki Samurai District
- Taketomi Island
- Misumi West Port Town
Shikoku
[edit]- Yokaichi Merchant District
- Kasashima Port Town
Tōhoku
[edit]- Ouchijuku Post Town
- Kakunodate Samurai District
Malaysia
[edit]- Historic center of George Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Historic center of Malacca, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Kuala Lumpur
- Old Town of Alor Setar
- Old Town of Ipoh
- Old Town of Petaling Jaya
- Old Town of Miri
- Old Town of Taiping
- Old Town of Kuala Kangsar
- Old Town of Bentong
- Old Town of Gopeng
- Old Town of Kuala Terengganu
- Old Town of Muar
- Old Town of Batu Pahat
- Old Town of Kuala Kubu Bharu
- Old Town of Kuala Selangor
- Old Town of Lumut
- Chinatown of Kuching
Nepal
[edit]- Old Town and Durbar Square of Kathmandu
- Old Town and Durbar Square of Bhaktapur
- Old Town and Durbar Square of Lalitpur
- Kirtipur
New Zealand
[edit]- Old Town of Napier
- Historic center of Wellington
- Historic town of Feilding
- Historic town of Russell
- Historic town of Arrowtown
- Old Oamaru
Pakistan
[edit]- Walled City of Lahore
- Sethi Mohallah
- Old City of Multan
Philippines
[edit]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
- Old Town of Malolos
- Old Town of San Fernando
- Old Town of Pila
- Old Town of Taal
- Old Town of Balayan
- Old Town of Iloilo
- Old Town of Laoag
- Old Town of Loboc
- Old Town of Carcar
- Old Town of Silay
- Old Town of Baclayon
- Old Town of Dapitan
Singapore
[edit]South Korea
[edit]- Hahoe Folk Village (Andong), UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Yangdong Folk Village (Gyeongju), UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Bukchon Hanok Village (Seoul)
- Oeam Folk Village (Asan)
- Jeonju Hanok Village (Jeonju)
- Nagan Eupseong Folk Village (Nagan)
Taiwan
[edit]- Old Jioufen
- Sisinan
- Qinbi
Thailand
[edit]- Rattanakosin Island of Bangkok
- Talat Noi and Song Wat Road of Bangkok
- Kudi Chin of Bangkok
- Ban Sing Tha of Yasothon
- Old Phuket Town of Phuket
- Chak Ngaeo of Chonburi
- Chanthaboon Riverside Community of Chanthaburi
- Chiang Khan of Loei
- Chum Saeng of Nakhon Sawan
- Tha Chalom of Samut Sakhon
Uzbekistan
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]- Old Town of Hanoi
- Old Town of Hội An
- Old Town of Huế
- Old Town of Ho Chi Minh City
Europe
[edit]Austria
[edit]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)
- Steyr (Upper Austria)
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (Carinthia)
Armenia
[edit]- Historical Center in Vagharshapat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Goris (Syunik)
- Poqr Tagh and Mets Tagh in Meghri (Syunik)
- Old Town of Dilijan (Tavush)
- Old Town of Ashtarak (Aragatsotn)
- Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak)
- Kond and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan
Albania
[edit]- Historical Center of Berat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Historical Center of Gjirokaster, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Vlorë
- Old Town of Shkodër
- Old Town of Korçë
- Old Town of Dhërmi
- Castle of Elbasan
Azerbaijan
[edit]- Walled City of Baku in Baku, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Historic Center of Shaki, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Ordubad
- Old Town of Ganja
Belgium
[edit]- Antwerp
- Arlon
- Binche
- Bruges
- Brussels
- Dendermonde
- Dinant
- Durbuy
- Ghent
- Leuven
- Liège
- Lier
- Mechelen
- Mons
- Namur
- Thuin
- Tournai
- Ypres
Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]- Historic Center of Sarajevo
- Stari Most (Old City of Mostar)
- City of Višegrad
- Jajce
- Vratnik
Bulgaria
[edit]Croatia
[edit]- Old Town of Dubrovnik, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Split with Diocletian's Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Trogir, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Varaždin
- Gradec and Kaptol, twin old towns of Zagreb
Czech Republic
[edit]- 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
Cyprus
[edit]- 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 a World Heritage Site
- Old town of Larnaca
Denmark
[edit]Estonia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Old Town (Vanhakaupunki) of Porvoo
- Vanhakaupunki in Helsinki
- Old Rauma
France
[edit]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)
- Avignon (Vaucluse)
- Bordeaux (Gironde)
- Carcassonne (Aude)
- Lyon (Rhône)
- Provins (Seine-et-Marne)
- Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
- Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône)
- Amiens (Somme)
- Angers (Maine-et-Loire)
- Annecy (Haute-Savoie)
- Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône)
- Arras (Pas-de-Calais)
- Auxerre (Yonne)
- Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
- Besançon (Doubs)
- Béziers (Hérault)
- Blois (Loir-et-Cher)
- Bourges ( Cher)
- Caen (Calvados)
- Chartres (Eure-et-Loire)
- Chambéry (Savoie)
- Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)
- Colmar (Haut-Rhin)
- Dijon (Côte-d'Or)
- Grenoble (Isère)
- La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
- Le Mans (Sarthe)
- Lille (Nord)
- Limoges (Haute-Vienne)
- Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
- Metz (Moselle)
- Montpellier (Hérault)
- Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
- Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
- Narbonne (Aude)
- Nice (Alpes-Maritimes)
- Nîmes (Gard)
- Orléans (Loiret)
- Paris
- Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)
- Poitiers (Vienne)
- Quimper (Finistère)
- Reims (Marne)
- Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine)
- Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
- Saint-Étienne (Loire)
- Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine)
- Toulon (Var)
- Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
- Tours (Indre-et-Loire)
- Troyes (Aube)
- Valence (Drôme)
- Vannes (Morbihan)
Georgia
[edit]- 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 Sighnaghi (Kakheti)
- Old Town in Telavi (Kakheti)
- Old Town in Gori (Shida Kartli)
Germany
[edit]- 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 (Mecklenburg)
- Wolfenbüttel (Lower Saxony)
- Eastern Germany:
- Southern Germany:
- Baden-Baden (Baden)
- Dinkelsbühl (Bavaria)
- Freiburg (Baden)
- Füssen (Bavaria)
- Heidelberg (Baden)
- Konstanz (Swabia)
- Landshut (Bavaria)
- Lindau (Bavaria)
- Nuremberg (Franconia)
- Ravensburg (Swabia)
- Rothenburg (Bavaria)
- Schwäbisch Hall (Swabia)
- Tübingen (Swabia)
- Würzburg (Franconia)
- Western Germany:
- Bacharach (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Beilstein (Rhineland)
- Bernkastel-Kues (Rhineland)
- Cochem (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Landau (Palatinate)
- Lemgo (Westphalia)
- Limburg (Hesse)
- Linz am Rhein (Rheinland)
- Marburg (Hesse)
- Monschau (Rhineland)
- Montabaur (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Rüdesheim (Hesse)
- Soest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Wetzlar(Hesse)
- Xanten (Rhineland)
Greece
[edit]- Medieval City of Rhodes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
- Historical center of Corfu (city), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ionian Islands
- Historical center of Chora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Aegean
Crete
[edit]- Old Town of Chania
- Old Town of Heraklion
- Old Town of Agios Nikolaos
- Old Town of Rethymno
Attica
[edit]Macedonia
[edit]- Ano Poli and Ladadika, Thessaloniki
- Old Town of Drama
- Old Town of Kavala
- Old Town of Florina
- Old Town of Nymfaio
Thessaly
[edit]Thrace
[edit]Epirus
[edit]- Old Town of Parga
- Old Town of Metsovo
- Ioannina Castle, Ioannina
- Old Town of Preveza
- Old Town of Konitsa
Peloponnese
[edit]- 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 Nafplio
Ionian Islands
[edit]- Old Town of Fiskardo
Aegan Islands
[edit]Central Greece
[edit]Italy
[edit]- UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Italy:
- Assisi (Umbria)
- Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna)
- Florence (Tuscany)
- Genoa (Liguria)
- Mantua (Lombardy)
- Modena (Emilia-Romagna)
- Naples (Campania)
- Pienza (Tuscany)
- Pisa (Tuscany)
- Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna)
- Rome (Lazio)
- San Gimignano (Tuscany)
- Siena (Tuscany)
- 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)
- Lucca (Tuscany)
- Massa Marittima (Tuscany)
- Montalcino (Tuscany)
- Montefiascone (Lazio)
- Monteleone di Spoleto (Umbria)
- Montepulciano (Tuscany)
- Orvieto (Umbria)
- Perugia (Umbria)
- Tivoli (Lazio)
- Viterbo (Lazio)
- Volterra(Tuscany)
- Southern Italy
Kosovo
[edit]Latvia
[edit]- Vecrīga in Riga, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Liepāja
- Old Daugavpils
- Old Kuldīga
- Old Town of Cēsis
- Old Ventspils
Lithuania
[edit]- Senamiestis in Vilnius (a part of UNESCO)
- Senamiestis in Kaunas
- Senamiestis in Klaipėda
- Senamiestis in Trakai
Montenegro
[edit]- Old Town of Kotor, a World Heritage Site
- 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
Netherlands
[edit]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
- Oude Stad in Breda
- Oude Stad in Delft
North Macedonia
[edit]- Historical Center of Ohrid, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town of Bitola
- Old Bazaar of Skopje
- Old Town of Kruševo
Norway
[edit]- Old Town, Oslo
- Old Town, Ålesund
Poland
[edit]- 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
- Old town of Wrocław
- Police Old Town
- Old town of Nowe Warpno
Portugal
[edit]- Old town in Póvoa de Varzim, named "old town" (Vila Velha) since 1343.
- Old town in Oporto
- Old town in Guimarães
- Óbidos, Portugal walled city
- Old town in Évora
- Old town in Lisboa
Romania
[edit]- Old town of Arad
- 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 Oradea
- Old town of Sibiu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old town of Sighișoara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old town of Timișoara
Russia
[edit]UNESCO World Heritage Sites
[edit]- Old town of St. Petersburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old town of Veliky Novgorod
- Old town of Derbent
- Historic center of Yaroslavl
Central Federal District
[edit]- Historic center of Moscow and Moscow Kremlin
- Historic center of 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, historic settlement of federal importance
- Old Town of Kineshma, historic settlement of federal importance
- Old Town of Plyos, historic settlement of federal importance
- Old Town of Shuya, historic settlement of federal importance
- Old Town of 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
- Old Town of Buy
- Old Town of Palekh
- Old Town of Yuryevets
- Old Town of 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
- Old Town of 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
Volga Federal District
[edit]- 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
- 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
- Old Town of Gorodets
- Old Town of Sarov
Northwestern Federal District
[edit]- 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 Tilsit (Sovyetsk)
- Old Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk)
- Old Rauschen (Svetlogorsk)
- Old Kranz (Zelenogradsk)
- Old Gumbinnen (Gusev)
Southern Federal District
[edit]- Historic center of Rostov-on-Don
- Historic center of Krasnodar
- Historic center of Volgograd
- Historic center of Astrakhan and 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
North Caucasian Federal District
[edit]- Historic center of Vladikavkaz
- Historic center of Pyatigorsk
- Historic center of Stavropol
- Old Town of Kislovodsk
- Old Town of Georgievsk
Ural Federal District
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- Old Town of Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Serbia
[edit]- Stari Grad, a neighborhood in Novi Sad
- Petrovaradin suburb
- Stari Grad, Sremski Karlovci - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Kikinda - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Zrenjanin - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance[1]
- Stari Grad, Bečej - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Sombor - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Pančevo - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Subotica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Sremska Mitrovica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Zemun - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, a municipality in Belgrade
- Stara čaršija, Grocka, Belgrade - Two quarters of Old City are a Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Tešnjar, Valjevo - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stara čaršija, Novi Pazar - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, a municipality in Kragujevac
- Stari Grad, the remains of a fort in Užice
- Stari Grad, Ivanjica - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
- Stari Grad, Negotin - Cultural Heritage of Extraordinary importance
Slovakia
[edit]Spain
[edit]- UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Spain:
- Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
- Ávila (Castile and León)
- Baeza (Andalusia)
- Cáceres (Extremadura)
- Córdoba (Andalusia)
- Cuenca (Castile-La Mancha)
- Salamanca (Castile and León)
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands)
- Santiago de Compostela (Galicia)
- Segovia (Castile and León)
- Toledo (Castile-La Mancha)
- Úbeda (Andalusia)
Other notable/famous old towns include:
- 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 (Balearic Islands)
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)
- León (Castile and León)
- 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 (Andalusia)
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Andalusia)
- Seville (Andalusia)
- Solsona (Catalonia)
- Tafalla (Navarre)
- Tarragona (Catalonia)
- Teruel (Aragón)
- Toro (Castile and León)
- Trujillo (Extremadura)
- Tudela (Navarre)
- Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country)
- Zamora (Castile and León)
Sweden
[edit]- Gamla staden, Malmö
- Gamla stan, Stockholm
- Gamlestaden, Gothenburg
- Gammelstaden, Luleå Municipality
- Visby, Region Gotland, UNESCO
Switzerland
[edit]- Bern, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Zürich, District 1
Turkey
[edit]UNESCO
[edit]- 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 site
Aegan region
[edit]- Old Town of Foça
- Old Town of Alaçatı
- Old Town of Çeşme
- Old Town of Sığacık
- Şirince
- Old Town of Doğanbey
- Birgi
- Old Town of Bodrum
- Old Town of Marmaris
- Old Town of Yeşilüzümlü
- Old Town of Buldan
- Old Town of Babadağ
- Old Town of Kula
- Old Town of Kütahya
- Old Town of Afyonkarahisar
Black Sea Region
[edit]- Old Town of Göynük
- Mudurnu
- Old Town of Akçakoca
- Old Town of Kastamonu
- Amasya, Historic city center
- Old Town of Bartın
- Old Town of Tokat
Central Anatolia Region
[edit]- Ankara, Historic city center (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)
Eastern Anatolia Region
[edit]- Malatya, Historic city district (Yeşilyurt district)
- Old Kemaliye
- Old Town of Bitlis
- Old Malatya (Battalgazi)
- Old Town of Çukurca
- Old Town of Kars
Marmara Region
[edit]- Old Town of Edirne
- Old Town of Çanakkale
- Old Town of Mudanaya
- Bozcaada
- Old Town of Osmaneli
- Old Taraklı
- Old Town of İzmit
Mediterranean Region
[edit]- Antalya, Historic city district (Kaleiçi)
- Adana, Historic city district (Tepebağ)
- Old City of Antakya
- Old Town of Tarsus
- Old Town of Alanya
- Kaleköy
- Ormana
Southeastern Anatolia Region
[edit]- Gaziantep, Historic city district (Bey Mahallesi)
- Old Urfa
- Harran
- Old Town of Uludere
- Tur Abdin Region
- Old Town of Mardin
- Old Town of Midyat
- Iwardo
- Dayro da-Slibo
- Anhel
Ukraine
[edit]- 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
United Kingdom
[edit]England
[edit]- UNESCO World Heritage old towns in England:
- Old Town, Barnsley
- Old Town, Chard
- Old Town, Croydon
- Old Town, hamlet near Mansergh, Cumbria
- Old Town, Eastbourne
- 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 Yorkshire
Scotland
[edit]- Old Town, Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the New Town, Edinburgh
Wales
[edit]- Holyhead Old Town, a townscape heritage conservation area with the best surviving Roman Fort in Wales
Overseas territories
[edit]- Historic Town of St George, Bermuda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Middle East
[edit]Israel and Palestine
[edit]- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Beersheba
- Old City of Haifa
- 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 Safed
- Old City of Lydda
Lebanon
[edit]Saudi Arabia
[edit]- Diriyah in Riyadh
- Old Jeddah
Syria
[edit]- Ancient City of Aleppo, in Syria
- Ancient City of Bosra, in Syria
- Ancient City of Damascus in Syria
Yemen
[edit]- Old City of Sana'a in Yemen
- Old Walled City of Shibam in Yemen
- Zabīd in Yemen
Iran
[edit]- Historical Center in Yazd, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Historical Center in Isfahan, UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Historical City of Masuleh
- Historical City of Meybod
Iraq
[edit]- Erbil citadel
- Old Mosul
- Old Baghdad
- Old Basra
North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]Quebec
[edit]- Historic District of Old Quebec, Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Montreal, Quebec
Other
[edit]- Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town, Toronto, Ontario[2]
- Old Town Victoria
Cuba
[edit]Dominican Republic
[edit]- Ciudad Colonial in Santo Domingo, oldest European city in America, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mexico
[edit]- Historic center of Mexico City, Mexico City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- 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
[edit]- Panamá Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Puerto Rico
[edit]United States
[edit]California
[edit]- Old Town Eureka
- Historic Center of San Francisco
- Old Town Oakland
- Old Town Nevada City
- Old Solvang
- Old Ferndale
- Old Julian
- Old Town Pasadena
- Old Sacramento
- Old Town, San Diego and Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Florida
[edit]Northeastern USA
[edit]- Historic center of Boston (North End, Back Bay and Beacon Hill)
- Historic center of Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill, Old City)
- Historic center of New York
- Old Portsmouth
- Old Burlington
- Old New Haven
- Old Portland
- Old Town Jersey City
- Old Town Salem
- New Castle
North Carolina
[edit]Tennessee
[edit]- 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-listed
Virginia
[edit]- Historic center of Richmond
- Old Town Fairfax
- Old Town Alexandria
- Old Town Manassas
- Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District
Other US states
[edit]- Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona
- Old Town, Augusta, Georgia
- Old Town, Chicago, Illinois
- Old Town, Indiana
- Old Town, Wichita, Kansas
- Olde Towne Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Old Town Lansing, Michigan
- Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Old Town, Staten Island, New York
- Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon
South America
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Northeast
[edit]- Historic Center of Olinda
- Historic Center of Salvador, also known as Pelourinho
- Historic Center of São Luis
Center-West
[edit]- Historic Center of Goiás, Goiás
Southeast
[edit]- Historic Center of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
- Centro, in Rio de Janeiro
- Sé, in the Central Zone of São Paulo
South
[edit]Colombia
[edit]- La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá
- Old Cartagena
Ecuador
[edit]Uruguay
[edit]- Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo, "Old City" is the name of the oldest part of the city
Other uses
[edit]- 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 Corrs
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Staro jezgro Zrenjanina proglašeno za zaštićenu prostorno kulturno-istorijsku celinu". 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Neighbourhood: Old Town". Tourism Toronto. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Old towns at Wikimedia Commons