Old town

For other uses, see Old Town (disambiguation).

Stralsund in Germany, an old town designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. European old towns are often recognizable by their density, small alleys and buildings of different eras. The medieval old town of Porvoo on the Porvoonjoki river, Finland Traditional houses, with the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross in the background, in the walled city of Nicosia, Cyprus A street in the old town of Limassol, Cyprus Historical centre of Verona, Italy

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

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### Algeria

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* Casbah of Algiers, in Algeria

### Egypt

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* Medieval Cairo, in Cairo
* Old Rashid
* Saint Catherine's Monastery, in Sinai

### Kenya

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* Mombasa Old Town

### Morocco

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* Old Meknes in Morocco
* Old Essaouira, in Morocco
* Old Fes, in Morocco
* Old Marrakech, in Morocco
* Tétouan in Morocco
* El Jadida in Morocco

### Niger

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* Historic Center of Agadez

### Tanzania/Zanzibar

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* Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage Site)

### Tunisia

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* Old Kairouan, in Tunisia
* Medina of Sousse in Tunisia
* Medina of Tunis in Tunisia

## Asia and the Pacific

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### Bangladesh

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Rose Garden Palace, a historic building in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh

* Old Town in Dhaka, Old Dhaka

### China

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* Forbidden City and Old Town remnants of Beijing
* Mountain Resort temple town in Chengde
* Old Town of Dengfeng
* Old Town of Kaiping
* Old Town of Lijiang
* Old Town and Potala Palace of Lhasa
* Historic Centre of Macau
* Walled old town area of Nanjing
* Old Town of Pingyao
* Old Town of Qufu
* Old Town of Suzhou
* Historical centers of Xidi and Hongcun
* Old Town of Yinxu
* Old Town of Zhouzhuang

### Fiji

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* Levuka

### India

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* Old Town and monuments of Agra
* Historical center of Alchi
* Historical center of Amritsar
* Old Delhi
* Old Goa
* Historical center of Hyderabad
* Historical ruined center of Mandu
* Historical center of Mumbai
* Old Town and palace of Udaipur

The Stadhuis is an old building in Jakarta Old Town Keraton Kanoman is one of the oldest buildings in the historic town of Cirebon

### Indonesia

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* 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

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* Historic remnants of old Kyoto
* Historic remnants of old Nara
* Historic remnants of old Nikkō
* Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama

### Malaysia

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* Core heritage zone in George Town, a World Heritage Site
* Old Town in Ipoh
* Old Town in Petaling Jaya

### Pakistan

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* Walled City of Lahore

### Philippines

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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

### South Korea

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Old town (Bukchon Hanok Village) in Seoul

* Bukchon Hanok Village (Seoul)
* Insa-dong (Seoul)
* Nampo-dong (Busan)
* Hahoe Folk Village (Andong)
* Yangdong Folk Village (Gyeongju)

### Syria

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* Ancient City of Damascus
* Ancient City of Aleppo

### Thailand

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Rank of Sino-Portuguese shophouses on both sides of the road in Phraeng Phuthon of Sam Phraeng within Rattanakosin Island

* 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

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* Tashkent
* Samarkand
* Bukhara
* Khiva

### Vietnam

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* Old Town of Hanoi
* Old Town of Hội An
* Old Town of Huế

## Europe

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### Austria

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Main article: Altstadt

Old Town Salzburg across the Salzach river Old town of Innsbruck

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

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* 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 Ashtarak (Aragatsotn)
* Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak)
* Kond and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan

### Azerbaijan

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* 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

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* Antwerp
* Arlon
* Binche
* Bruges
* Brussels
* Dendermonde
* Dinant
* Durbuy
* Ghent
* Leuven
* Liège
* Lier
* Mechelen
* Mons
* Namur
* Thuin
* Tournai
* Ypres

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

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* Historic Center of Sarajevo
* Stari Most (Old City of Mostar)
* City of Višegrad
* Jajce
* Vratnik

### Bulgaria

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* Old Town in Plovdiv
* Old Town in Lovech
* Old Town in Nessebur

### Croatia

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* 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

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* 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

### Cyprus

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* 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

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* Den Gamle By in Aarhus

### Estonia

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* 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

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* Old Town (Vanhakaupunki) of Porvoo
* Vanhakaupunki in Helsinki
* Old Rauma

### France

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The Old Town of Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage site The old city of Besançon and the meander of the Doubs River

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)

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* 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

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Main article: Altstadt

Old town (Altstadt) of Regensburg in Bavaria, a World Heritage site Hanseatic old town of Lübeck, aerial view Old town of Quedlinburg Wittenberg during Luthers Hochzeit festival Old town of Würzburg

* 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:
* Bautzen (Lusatia)
* Erfurt (Thuringia)
* Görlitz (Silesia)
* Meissen (Saxony)
* Pirna (Saxony)
* Stolberg (Saxony-Anhalt)
* Weimar (Thuringia)
* Wernigerode (Saxony-Anhalt)
* 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

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* Medieval City of Rhodes, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Corfu (city), UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Chania
* Old Town of Heraklion
* Nafplio
* Plaka, Athens
* Ano Poli and Ladadika, Thessaloniki
* Ioannina Castle, Ioannina
* Varousi, Trikala
* Monemvasia
* Old Town of Xanthi
* Old Town of Komotini

### Italy

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Old town of Siena Historic Centre of Rome Venice as seen from the air Old town of Urbino Genoa Vernazza, one of the towns of Cinque Terre in Liguria, Italy 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)
* 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
* 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

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* Vecrīga in Riga, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Liepāja
* Old Daugavpils
* Old Kuldīga
* Old Town of Cēsis
* Old Ventspils

### Lithuania

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* Senamiestis in Vilnius (a part of UNESCO)
* Senamiestis in Kaunas
* Senamiestis in Klaipėda
* Senamiestis in Trakai

### Montenegro

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* Old Town of Kotor, a World Heritage Site
* Old Town of Budva
* Old Town of Herceg Novi
* Stara Varoš (Podgorica)
* Stari Bar

### Netherlands

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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

### Norway

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* Old Town, Oslo
* Old Town, Ålesund

### Poland

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Poznań Old Town

* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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See also: Golden Ring of Russia

#### UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

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* Old town of St. Petersburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old town of Veliky Novgorod
* Old town of Derbent
* Historic center of Yaroslavl

#### Other renowned old owns:

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* Historic center of Irkutsk
* Historic center of Yeniseysk
* Historic center of Gorokhovets
* Historic center of Moscow
* Historic center of Murom (Golden Ring)
* Historic center of Kostroma (Golden Ring)
* Historic center of Suzdal (Golden Ring)
* Historic center of Rostov Velikiy (Golden Ring)
* Historic center of Uglich (Golden Ring)
* Historic center of Tobolsk
* Historic center of Pskov
* Historic center of Nizhny Novgorod
* Historic center of Kazan
* Historic center of Astrakhan
* Historic center of Tver
* Historic center of Kolomna
* Historic center of Yegoryevsk
* Historic center of Yelets
* Historic center of Rostov-on-Don
* Historic center of Krasnodar
* Historic center of Torzhok
* Historic center of Tula
* Historic center of Kaluga
* Historic center of Vladikavkaz

### Serbia

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* 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

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* Staré Mesto in Bratislava
* Staré Mesto in Košice

### Spain

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* 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

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* Gamla staden, Malmö
* Gamla stan, Stockholm
* Gamlestaden, Gothenburg
* Gammelstaden, Luleå Municipality
* Visby, Region Gotland, UNESCO

### Switzerland

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* Bern, UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Zürich, District 1

### Turkey

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* Istanbul, Historic Peninsula (Fatih district)
* Ankara, Historic city center (Altındağ district)
* Amasya, Historic city center
* Eskişehir, Historic city district (Odunpazarı district)
* Konya, Historic city district
* Old Town of Mardin
* Old Town of Midyat
* Old Urfa
* Old Town of Bitlis
* Kars, Historic city center
* Old Town of Safranbolu
* Old Town of Antakya

### Ukraine

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* 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

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#### England

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* UNESCO World Heritage old towns in England:
* City of Bath
* Maritime Greenwich
* Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
* 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

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* Old Town, Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the New Town, Edinburgh

#### Overseas territories

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* Historic Town of St George, Bermuda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

## Middle East

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### Israel and Palestine

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Old City of Jerusalem

* 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

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* Old Byblos
* Old Sidon
* Old Tripoli
* Old Tyre
* Beirut Central District
* Old Batroun
* Deir el Qamar
* Rachaya

### Saudi Arabia

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* Diriyah in Riyadh
* Old Jeddah

### Syria

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* Ancient City of Aleppo, in Syria
* Ancient City of Bosra, in Syria
* Ancient City of Damascus in Syria

### Yemen

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* Old City of Sana'a in Yemen
* Old Walled City of Shibam in Yemen
* Zabīd in Yemen

Iraq

* Erbil citadel
* Old Mosul
* Old Baghdad
* Old Basra

## North America

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### Canada

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* Historic District of Old Quebec, Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Old Montreal, Quebec
* Old Town, Toronto, Ontario[2]

### Cuba

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* Old Havana

### Dominican Republic

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* Ciudad Colonial in Santo Domingo, oldest European city in America, UNESCO World Heritage Site

### Mexico

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* 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

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* Panamá Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

### Puerto Rico

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* Old San Juan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, U.S. National Register of Historic Places

### United States

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See also: Old Town Historic District (disambiguation) and Oldtown (disambiguation)

#### California

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See also: Old Town, California (disambiguation)

* Old Town Eureka, California an original 19th Century Victorian commercial district in Eureka, California
* Old Town, Kern County, California
* Old Town, Marin County, California
* Old Town, Santa Barbara County, California
* Old Town, Ventura County, California
* Old Town, California, former name of Pine Town, California, in Lassen County
* Old Town Pasadena, California
* Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Sacramento, California
* Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, San Diego, California
* Old Town, San Diego, a neighborhood of San Diego

#### Florida

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* Old Town, Florida, a town in Dixie County, not to be confused with the one in Orlando
* Old Town Fernandina, Fernandina Beach, Florida; the last town in the Western Hemisphere to be platted according to the Spanish "Law of the Indies" in 1811; named for King Ferdinand VII
* Old Town, Key West, the historic section of the city of Key West, Florida
* Old Town, an amusement park/shopping center in Kissimmee, Florida

#### North Carolina

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* Old Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina
* Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina
* Old Town Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina

#### Tennessee

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* 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

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* Old Town Fairfax
* Old Town Alexandria
* Old Town Manassas
* Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District

#### Other US states

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* Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona
* Old Town, Augusta, Georgia
* Old Town, Chicago, Illinois
* Old Town, Indiana
* Old Town, Wichita, Kansas
* Old Town, Maine, a city
* 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

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### Argentina

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* San Telmo and La Boca in Buenos Aires

### Brazil

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#### Northeast

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Historic center of Salvador

* Historic Center of Olinda
* Historic Center of Salvador, also known as Pelourinho
* Historic Center of São Luis

#### Center-West

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* Historic Center of Goiás, Goiás

#### Southeast

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Pátio do Colégio (left) and surrounding historic buildings in São Paulo

* Historic Center of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
* Centro, in Rio de Janeiro
* Sé, in the Central Zone of São Paulo

#### South

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* Centro Histórico, in Porto Alegre

### Colombia

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* La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá

### Ecuador

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* Quito´s Historic Center

### Uruguay

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* Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo, "Old City" is the name of the oldest part of the city

## Other uses

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* 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

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Old towns.

* 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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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Neighbourhood: Old Town". Tourism Toronto. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

## External links

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Look up old town or Oldtown (disambiguation) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Media related to Old towns at Wikimedia Commons

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