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]Kenya
[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
- Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage Site)
- Old Kairouan, in Tunisia
- Medina of Sousse in Tunisia
- Medina of Tunis in Tunisia
Asia and the Pacific
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]China
[edit]- 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
[edit]India
[edit]- 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
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]- Historic remnants of old Kyoto
- Historic remnants of old Nara
- Historic remnants of old Nikkō
- Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
Malaysia
[edit]- Core heritage zone in George Town, a World Heritage Site
- Old Town in Ipoh
- Old Town in Petaling Jaya
Pakistan
[edit]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
South Korea
[edit]- Bukchon Hanok Village (Seoul)
- Insa-dong (Seoul)
- Nampo-dong (Busan)
- Hahoe Folk Village (Andong)
- Yangdong Folk Village (Gyeongju)
Syria
[edit]- Ancient City of Damascus
- Ancient City of Aleppo
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]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 Ashtarak (Aragatsotn)
- Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak)
- Kond and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan
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
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)
- 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
- 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
[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
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
- 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
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
Other renowned old owns
[edit]- 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
[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]- 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 Şirince
- Old Town of Antakya
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
Overseas territories
[edit]- Historic Town of St George, Bermuda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Middle East
[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
- Diriyah in Riyadh
- Old Jeddah
- Ancient City of Aleppo, in Syria
- Ancient City of Bosra, in Syria
- Ancient City of Damascus in Syria
- Old City of Sana'a in Yemen
- Old Walled City of Shibam in Yemen
- Zabīd in Yemen
- Erbil citadel
- Old Mosul
- Old Baghdad
- Old Basra
North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]- 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
[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, 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Old Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina
- Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina
- Old Town Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina
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]Other US states
[edit]- 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
[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
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