Old town

For other uses, see Old Town (disambiguation).

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:

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

Africa

Algeria

• Casbah of Algiers, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Town of Constantine
• Old Town of Oran
• Old Béjaïa
• Old Tlemcen

Egypt

• Medieval Cairo, in Cairo, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Rashid
• Old Town of Alexandria

Ethiopia

• Old Town of Harar, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ivory Coast

• Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kenya

• Lamu Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Mombasa Old Town

Libya

• Old Town of Ghadamès, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Tripoli
• Old Misrata

Mali

• Historic Center of Timbuktu, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Morocco

• 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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• El Jadida, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Tangier
• Old Rabat
• Old Asilah
• Chefchaouen

Niger

• Historic Center of Agadez, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Senegal

• Historic Center of Saint-Louis, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Tanzania/Zanzibar

• Stone Town in Zanzibar City, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Tunisia

• Old Kairouan, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Medina of Sousse, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Medina of Tunis, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Sfax

Asia and the Pacific

Australia

• 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

• Old Town in Dhaka, Old Dhaka
• Sonargaon

Cambodia

• French Quarter of Phnom Penh
• French Quarter of Siem Reap
• French Quarter of Kampot

China

Old Town of Lijiang

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Historical centers of Xidi and Hongcun

• 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

Old Town of Qibao

• 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

Street in the Dali Ancient City

Southwestern China

• 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

Street in the Old Town of Kashgar

Northwestern China

• Qingmuchuan Ancient Town
• Old Town of Kashgar

South Central China

Fenghuang Ancient Town

• 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

• Old Town of Harbin

Fiji

• Levuka

India

Streets of Jodhpur, India

• 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
• Leh Old Town
• 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 centre and Fort of Mumbai
• Siddhpur
• Old Town of Srinagar
• Old Town and palace of Udaipur
• Old Town of Varanasi

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

• Ancient City of Banten
• Old Town of Jakarta, within and 4 Outlying Islands (Onrust, Kelor, Cipir dan Bidadari)
• Old Town of Semarang
• Old Town of Padang
• Depok Lama (Old Town of Depok)
• Historic City of Surabaya
• Historic City of Bandung
• Historic City of Medan
• Historic City of Malang
• Historical Monuments of City of Ternate
• Historical Monuments of Banda Neira
• Historical Monuments of Padalarang
• Historical Monuments of City Tidore
• Historical City Center of Yogyakarta
• Historical City Center of Tegal
• Old Mining Town Of Sawahlunto
• Old City of Banyumas
• Old City of Banjarmasin
• Old City of Bukittinggi
• Old City of Jambi
• Historical District of Lasem
• Historical District of Ampenan
• Historic Center of Solo (Surakarta)
• Historic Town of Cirebon
• Historic Center of Palembang
• Historic Town of Bogor
• Chinatown of Bengkulu (Kampung Cina Bengkulu)

Japan

See also: Groups of Traditional Buildings

Old Kyoto

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Historic center of Kyoto (Gion and Higashiyama districts)
• Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama

Chūbu

• 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

• 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

Post town of Narai

• Imaicho Merchant Town
• Naramachi Merchant District
• Miyama Farming Town
• Ine Port Town
• Omihachiman
• Oharaimachi

Kantō

• Sawara Merchant District
• Kawagoe Warehouse District

Kyushu

• Kitsuki Samurai District
• Usuki Samurai District
• Taketomi Island
• Misumi West Port Town

Shikoku

View on Ouchijuku from above

• Yokaichi Merchant District
• Kasashima Port Town

Tōhoku

• Ouchijuku Post Town
• Kakunodate Samurai District

Malaysia

Old Town of Ipoh

• 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

Myanmar

• Historic center of Yangon
• Old Bagan

Nepal

• Old Town and Durbar Square of Kathmandu
• Old Town and Durbar Square of Bhaktapur
• Old Town and Durbar Square of Lalitpur
• Kirtipur

New Zealand

Oamaru historic district

• Old Town of Napier
• Historic center of Wellington
• Historic town of Feilding
• Historic town of Russell
• Historic town of Arrowtown
• Old Oamaru

Pakistan

• Walled City of Lahore, Punjab
• Sethi Mohallah of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Old City of Multan, Punjab

Philippines

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

• Chinatown, Singapore
• Little India, Singapore

South Korea

Old town (Bukchon Hanok Village) in Seoul

• 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

• Old Jioufen
• Sisinan
• Qinbi

Thailand

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

• Old Tashkent
• Old Samarkand
• Old Bukhara
• Old Khiva

Vietnam

• Old Town of Hanoi
• Old Town of Hội An
• Old Town of Huế
• Old Town of Ho Chi Minh City

Europe

Austria

Main article: Altstadt

Old Town Salzburg across the Salzach river

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

Abovyan street in the Old Town of Gyumri

• Historical Center in Vagharshapat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Town of Goris (Syunik)
• Old Khndzoresk (Syunik)
• Poqr Tagh and Mets Tagh in Meghri (Syunik)
• Old Town of Dilijan (Tavush)
• Old Town of Ashtarak (Aragatsotn)
• Kumayri in Gyumri (Shirak)
• Old Town of Tashir (Lori)
• Old Town of Tegh (Syunik)
• Kond, Old Nork and Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan

Albania

A view of Gjirokaster

• Historical Center of Berat, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Historical Center of 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 houses in the Inner city of Baku

• 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

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

• Old Town in Plovdiv
• Old Town in Lovech
• Old Town in Nessebur
• Old Town in Sofia
• Old Town in Veliko Tarnovo

Croatia

• 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
• Old Town of Rovinj
• Old Zadar
• Gradec and Kaptol, twin old towns of Zagreb
• Old Rijeka
• Old Osijek

Czech Republic

• 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 Liberec

Cyprus

• 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

• Den Gamle By in Aarhus
• Nyhavn in Copenhagen
• Old Odense
• Old Aalborg
• Old Haderslev
• Old Rønne

Estonia

Town Hall square in the Old Town of Tallinn

• 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 Rauma

France

See also: Historical quarters of Paris

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

• 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)
• 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)
• Caen (Calvados)
• Cahors (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)
• Grenoble (Isère)
• Langres (Haute-Marne)
• Laon (Aisne)
• La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
• Le Mans (Sarthe)
• Lille (Nord)
• Limoges (Haute-Vienne)
• Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
• Metz (Moselle)
• Montpellier (Hérault)
• Moulins (Allier)
• Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin)
• 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)
• Rodez (Aveyron)
• Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
• Saint-Étienne (Loire)
• Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine)
• Sens (Yonne)
• Toulon (Var)
• Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
• Tours (Indre-et-Loire)
• Troyes (Aube)
• 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 Sighnaghi (Kakheti)
• Old Town in Telavi (Kakheti)
• Old Town in Gori (Shida Kartli)

Germany

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

A street in the Old Town of Corfu

• 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
• Plaka, Athens

Crete

• Old Town of Chania
• Old Town of Heraklion
• Old Town of Agios Nikolaos
• Old Town of Rethymno

Attica

• Plaka, Athens

Macedonia

• Ano Poli and Ladadika, Thessaloniki
• Old Town of Drama
• Old Town of Kavala
• Old Town of Florina
• Old Town of Nymfaio

Thessaly

A street in Plaka, Athens

• Varousi, Trikala
• Old Town of Volos

Thrace

• Old Town of Xanthi
• Old Town of Komotini

Epirus

• Old Town of Parga
• Old Town of Metsovo
• Ioannina Castle, Ioannina
• Old Town of Preveza
• Old Town of Konitsa

Peloponnese

A view of Monemvasia from above

• 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

• Old Town of Fiskardo

Aegan Islands

Street in Mykonos

• 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 Livadeia

Italy

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)
  • Padua (Veneto)
  • 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

Vecrīga

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

Lithuania

• Senamiestis in Vilnius (a part of UNESCO)
• Senamiestis in Kaunas
• Senamiestis in Klaipėda
• Senamiestis in Trakai
• Senamiestis in Kėdainiai
• Senamiestis in Ukmergė

Luxembourg

• Old Town of Luxembourg City

Montenegro

• 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

Moldova

• Old Town of Chișinău

Netherlands

Canal houses in Amsterdam

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
• 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 Kruševo

Norway

• Old Town, Oslo
• Old Town, Ålesund
• Old Town, Bergen
• Old Town, Grimstad

Poland

Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków

Old town in Toruń

Warsaw's Old Town Market Place

Market Square in Zamość

Gdańsk

Wrocław Old Town

UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Poland:

• Old town of Kraków
• Old Town of Toruń
• Old town of Wasaw
• Old town of Zamość

Other notable old towns include:

• Old town of Biecz
• Old town of Bielsko-Biała
• Old town of Bolesławiec
• Old town of Brzeg
• Old town of Byczyna
• Old town of Bydgoszcz
• Old town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka
• Old town of Cieszyn
• Old town of Chełmno
• Old town of Darłowo
• Old town of Gdańsk
• Old town of Gliwice
• Old town of Gniezno
• Old town of Grudziądz
• Old town of Jarosław
• Old town of Jelenia Góra
• Old town of Kalisz
• Old town of Kazimierz Dolny
• Old town of Kłodzko
• Old town of Kożuchów
• Old town of Krosno
• Old town of Legnica
• Old town of Leszno
• Old town of Lublin
• Old town of Nowa Ruda
• Old town of Nowe Warpno
• Old town of Nowy Sącz
• Old town of Olsztyn
• Old town of Opole
• Old town of Paczków
• Old town of Piotrków Trybunalski
• Old town of Police
• Old town of Poznań
• Old town of Przemyśl
• Old town of Pszczyna
• Old town of Rawicz
• Old town of Rzeszów
• Old town of Sandomierz
• Old town of Szczecin
• Old town of Stargard Szczeciński
• Old town of Świdnica
• Old town of Tarnów
• Old town of Trzebiatów
• Old town of Wałbrzych
• Old town of Wrocław
• Old town of Ziębice
• Old town of Ząbkowice Śląskie

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 Lisbon

Romania

• Old town of Sighișoara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old town of 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 Timișoara

Russia

The embankment along the Moyka river, St. Petersburg

See also: Golden Ring of Russia

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• 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

Overview of the Old Town of Rostov

‡ indicates historic settlements of federal importance.

• Historic center of Moscow and Moscow Kremlin
• Historic center of Tula and Tula Kremlin
• Historic center of Tver
• Old Town of Tutayev‡
• Old Town of Kolomna‡
• Old Town of Smolensk‡
• Old Town of Ostashkov‡
• Old Town of Toropets‡
• Old Town of Yelets‡
• Old Town of Torzhok‡
• Old Town of Gorokhovets‡
• Old Town of Galich‡
• Old Town of Kineshma‡
• Old Town of Plyos‡
• Old Town of Shuya‡
• Old Town of Krapivna‡
• Old Town of Zaraysk‡
• Old Town of Kasimov‡
• 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
  • Old Murom
  • Old Kostroma
  • Old Suzdal
  • Old Vladimir
  • Old Rostov Velikiy
  • Old Uglich

Volga Federal District

Street in the Old Town of Kazan

• 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

Ensemble of Pskov Kremlin

• 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)
  • Old Tapiau (Gvardeysk)

Southern Federal District

Astrakhan Kremlin

• 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

Street in Vladikavkaz

• Historic center of Vladikavkaz
• Historic center of Pyatigorsk
• Historic center of Stavropol
• Old Town of Kislovodsk
• Old Town of Georgievsk

Ural Federal District

Tobolsk Kremlin

• 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

Historical center of Tomsk

• 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

A street in Old Vladivostok

• 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

• 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
• Old Town of Prizren
• Old Bazaar of Đakovica

Slovakia

• Staré Mesto in Bratislava
• Staré Mesto in Košice
• Staré Mesto in Nitra

Spain

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

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

Switzerland

• Bern, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 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
• Old town of Zug

Turkey

Old Town of Safranbolu, UNESCO World Heritage site

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 site

Aegan region

• 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

Old Şirince

• 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

• 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)
  • Old Avanos
  • Old Çavuşin
  • Old Uçhisar
  • Old Ürgüp
  • Old Mustafapaşa
  • Old Ortahisar

Eastern Anatolia Region

Old Houses in Ankara

• 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

• 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

An overview of the Old Town of Mardin

• 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

• 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

• 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 Ternopil

United Kingdom

England

• UNESCO World Heritage old towns in England:
  • City of Bath
  • Maritime Greenwich
  • Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
• Old Town, hamlet near Mansergh, Cumbria
• Old Town, Eastbourne
• Old Town, Hastings
• Old Town, Isles of Scilly
• Old Town, Kingston upon Hull

Scotland

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

Wales

• Holyhead Old Town, a townscape heritage conservation area with the best surviving Roman Fort in Wales

Overseas territories

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

Middle East

Israel and Palestine

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

Lebanon

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

Saudi Arabia

Historic houses of Jeddah

• Diriyah in Riyadh
• Old Jeddah

Syria

• Ancient City of Aleppo, in Syria
• Ancient City of Bosra, in Syria
• Ancient City of Damascus in Syria
• Old Tartus

Yemen

Old Town of Sana'a

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

Iran

Overview of Masuleh

• 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 Abyaneh

Iraq

• Erbil citadel
• Old Mosul
• Old Baghdad
• Old Basra

North America

Canada

Quebec

• Historic District of Old Quebec, Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Montreal, Quebec

Other

• Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Town, Toronto, Ontario^[2]
• Old Town Victoria

Cuba

• Old Havana, a UNESCO World heritage Site

Dominican Republic

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

Mexico

Main article: Pueblos Mágicos

• 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

• Panamá Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Puerto Rico

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

United States

California

Painted Ladies in San Francisco

• Pueblo de Los Ángeles
• 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

• Old St. Augustine
• Old Town Fernandina
• Old Town, Key West

Maryland

• Historic center of Baltimore (Old West Baltimore, North Central Historic District), Maryland
• Old Annapolis, Maryland
• Olde Towne Gaithersburg, Maryland

New Mexico

• Old Town Albuquerque
• Old Town Taos
• Historic Center of Santa Fe
• Old Silver City

New York

• Historic center of New York, New York
• Old Town, Staten Island, New York

Northeastern United States

• Historic center of Boston (North End, Back Bay and Beacon Hill), Massachusetts
• Historic center of Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill, 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, Delaware

North Carolina

• Old Town Beaufort
• Old Town Blowing Rock
• Old Town Asheville

Tennessee

• 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

• Historic center of Richmond
• Old Town Fairfax
• Old Town Alexandria
• Old Town Manassas
• Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District

Other US states

• 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 Chinatown, Portland, Oregon
• Fairhaven, the oldest part of Bellingham, Washington

South America

Argentina

• San Telmo and La Boca in Buenos Aires
• Old Salta
• Old Ushuaia

Brazil

Northeast

Historic center of Salvador

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

Center-West

• Historic Center of Goiás, Goiás

Southeast

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

• Centro Histórico, in Porto Alegre

Colombia

• La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá
• Old Cartagena

Ecuador

• Quito's Historic Center

Uruguay

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

Other 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 Corrs

See 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"