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An old town of a city or town is its historic center or district. It is often the older town the newer parts were built around. It may also be an area built to resemble the older original town. Old towns usually have historical and architectural value that make them worth restoring. In Europe old towns are usually the medieval towns or villages that the newer city was built up around.[1] Old towns may have cobblestone streets, old churches, and balconies hanging over narrow back streets.[2] Because they are restrictive traffic traps many old town districts do not allow motor vehicles.[3]
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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.
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
lijiang old town yunnan china 2012 unesco world heritage site
A village on rivers in Shanghai suburban, China
Street in the Dali Ancient City
Street in the Old Town of Kashgar
fenghuang ancient town hunan china 2012
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References
- ↑ Jan van Harssel; Richard H Jackson; Lloyd E. Hudman, National Geographic Learning's Visual Geography of Travel and Tourism (Boston, MA: National Geographic Learning; Stanford, CT: Cengage Learning, 2015), p. 305
- ↑ Aaron T. Brownell, The Long Path (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse Com, 2012), p. 105
- ↑ Ivan Berend, Case Studies on Modern European Economy (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 202
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