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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.
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The medieval old town of Porvoo on the Porvoonjoki river, Finland
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Traditional houses, with the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross in the background, in the walled city of Nicosia, Cyprus
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A street in the old town of Limassol, Cyprus
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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:

AfricaEdit

AlgeriaEdit

EgyptEdit

EthiopiaEdit

  • Old Town of Harar, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ivory CoastEdit

KenyaEdit

LibyaEdit

MaliEdit

MoroccoEdit

NigerEdit

  • Historic Center of Agadez, UNESCO World Heritage Site

SenegalEdit

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

Tanzania/ZanzibarEdit

TunisiaEdit

Asia and the PacificEdit

AustraliaEdit

BangladeshEdit

CambodiaEdit

ChinaEdit

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Old Town of Lijiang

UNESCO World Heritage SitesEdit

East ChinaEdit

File:Bridge at Nanxi Street over Puhuitang River, Qibao (cropped).jpg
Old Town of Qibao
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Street in the Dali Ancient City

Southwestern ChinaEdit

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Street in the Old Town of Kashgar

Northwestern ChinaEdit

South Central ChinaEdit

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Fenghuang Ancient Town

Northeast ChinaEdit

FijiEdit

IndiaEdit

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

IndonesiaEdit

JapanEdit

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File:Pedestrian road with pavements, paper umbrellas and people in yukata, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.jpg
Old Kyoto

UNESCO World Heritage SitesEdit

ChūbuEdit

ChūgokuEdit

KansaiEdit

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Post town of Narai

KantōEdit

KyushuEdit

ShikokuEdit

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View on Ouchijuku from above
  • Yokaichi Merchant District
  • Kasashima Port Town

TōhokuEdit

MalaysiaEdit

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Old Town of Ipoh

MyanmarEdit

NepalEdit

New ZealandEdit

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Oamaru historic district

PakistanEdit

PhilippinesEdit

Philippines as the former colony of Spain has numerous heritage structures, most notably in:

SingaporeEdit

South KoreaEdit

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Old town (Bukchon Hanok Village) in Seoul

TaiwanEdit

ThailandEdit

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

UzbekistanEdit

VietnamEdit

EuropeEdit

AustriaEdit

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Old Town Salzburg across the Salzach river

UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Austria:

Other notable/famous old towns include:

ArmeniaEdit

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Abovyan street in the Old Town of Gyumri

AlbaniaEdit

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A view of Gjirokaster

AzerbaijanEdit

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Old houses in the Inner city of Baku

BelgiumEdit

Bosnia and HerzegovinaEdit

BulgariaEdit

CroatiaEdit

Czech RepublicEdit

CyprusEdit

DenmarkEdit

EstoniaEdit

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Town Hall square in the Old Town of Tallinn

FinlandEdit

FranceEdit

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The Old Town of Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage site
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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:

Other notable/famous old towns include:

GeorgiaEdit

GermanyEdit

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

Other notable/famous old towns include:

GreeceEdit

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A street in the Old Town of Corfu

CreteEdit

AtticaEdit

MacedoniaEdit

ThessalyEdit

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A street in Plaka, Athens

ThraceEdit

EpirusEdit

PeloponneseEdit

File:Καστροπολιτεια μονεμβασιας.jpg
A view of Monemvasia from above

Ionian IslandsEdit

Aegan IslandsEdit

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Street in Mykonos

Central GreeceEdit

ItalyEdit

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

I Borghi più belli d'Italia is an association of small Italian towns of historical interest.

Other notable old towns include:

LatviaEdit

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Vecrīga

LithuaniaEdit

LuxembourgEdit

MontenegroEdit

MoldovaEdit

NetherlandsEdit

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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.

North MacedoniaEdit

NorwayEdit

PolandEdit

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Poznań Old Town

PortugalEdit

RomaniaEdit

RussiaEdit

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The embankment along the Moyka river, St. Petersburg

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UNESCO World Heritage SitesEdit

Central Federal DistrictEdit
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Overview of the Old Town of Rostov
Volga Federal DistrictEdit
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Street in the Old Town of Kazan
Northwestern Federal DistrictEdit
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Ensemble of Pskov Kremlin
Southern Federal DistrictEdit
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Astrakhan Kremlin
North Caucasian Federal DistrictEdit
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Street in Vladikavkaz
Ural Federal DistrictEdit
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Tobolsk Kremlin
Siberian Federal DistrictEdit
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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 DistrictEdit
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A street in Old Vladivostok

SerbiaEdit

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SlovakiaEdit

SpainEdit

Other notable/famous old towns include:

SwedenEdit

SwitzerlandEdit

TurkeyEdit

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Old Town of Safranbolu, UNESCO World Heritage site

UNESCOEdit

  • 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 regionEdit

Black Sea RegionEdit

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Old Şirince

Central Anatolia RegionEdit

Eastern Anatolia RegionEdit

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Old Houses in Ankara

Marmara RegionEdit

Mediterranean RegionEdit

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An overview of the Old Town of Mardin

Southeastern Anatolia RegionEdit

UkraineEdit

United KingdomEdit

EnglandEdit

ScotlandEdit

WalesEdit

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

Overseas territoriesEdit

Middle EastEdit

Israel and PalestineEdit

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Old City of Jerusalem

LebanonEdit

Saudi ArabiaEdit

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Historic houses of Jeddah

SyriaEdit

YemenEdit

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Old Town of Sana'a

IranEdit

File:Masuleh, Fuman County, Gilan Province, Iran.jpg
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

IraqEdit

North AmericaEdit

CanadaEdit

QuebecEdit

OtherEdit

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CubaEdit

Dominican RepublicEdit

MexicoEdit

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PanamaEdit

Puerto RicoEdit

United StatesEdit

CaliforniaEdit

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Painted Ladies in San Francisco

FloridaEdit

MarylandEdit

New MexicoEdit

New YorkEdit

Northeastern United StatesEdit

North CarolinaEdit

TennesseeEdit

VirginiaEdit

Other US statesEdit

South AmericaEdit

ArgentinaEdit

BrazilEdit

NortheastEdit

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Historic center of Salvador

Center-WestEdit

SoutheastEdit

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

SouthEdit

ColombiaEdit

EcuadorEdit

UruguayEdit

Other usesEdit

See alsoEdit

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