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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Old town of Visoki The Old town of Visoki ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stari grad Visoki, Стари град Високи, ) was a medieval royal castle town built during the 14th century on the top of the hill overlooking town of Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ment ...


Bulgaria

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Old Town (Plovdiv) The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of Plovdiv's hills: Nebet Tepe, Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric time ...


Canada

* Old Town, British Columbia *
Old Town Lunenburg Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today L ...
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Old Town, Toronto Old Town is a neighbourhood and retail district in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first of Toronto's named neighbourhoods, having acquired the moniker no later than 1815, at which time the original town of York was expanding. The ...


China

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Old Town of Lijiang Dayan (), commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang () is the historical center of Lijiang City, in Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The town has a history going back more than 1,000 years and was once a confluence for ...
* Old Town of Shanghai


Czech Republic

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Old Town (Prague) The Old Town of Prague ( cs, Staré Město pražské, german: Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ...


Germany

* Old town Osnabrück * Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof


Ireland

* Old Town, County Roscommon *
Oldtown, Dublin Oldtown () is a population centre and townland in the civil parish of Clonmethan in Fingal, Ireland.Placenames Database ...
* Oldtown, Letterkenny


Jerusalem

* Old City (Jerusalem)


Kenya

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Mombasa Old Town Old Town is an area of Mombasa, Kenya. Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of , and is inhabited by a mix of Swahili, Arab, Asian, Portuguese and British settlers. In 1997, the Old Town and Fort Jes ...
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Libya

* Old Town of Ghadamès, Libya


Lithuania

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Kaunas Old Town The Centras eldership ( lt, Centro seniūnija) is an eldership in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, based on two neighbourhoods of Kaunas - the Old City and the New City. It lies at the confluence of two major Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the ...
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Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senamiestis, pl, Stare Miasto w Wilnie, be, Стары горад у Вільнюсе, russian: Старый город в Вильнюсe), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in both Norther ...


Malaysia

* Old Town, Petaling Jaya


Norway

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Old Town, Oslo The Old Town of Oslo ( no, Gamlebyen, ) is a neighbourhood in the inner city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo and is the oldest urban area within the current capital. This part of the capital of Norway was simply called O ...


Poland

* Old Town (Gdańsk) *
Kraków Old Town Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland.Ingrid GustafsonLet's Go: Eastern EuropePublished by Macmillan, page 444. Let's Go Publications, 2008. It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the c ...
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Police Old Town Police Old Town is the old town (oldest historic district) of the town of Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Police, Poland in the Pomerania Region. Monuments There are a few interesting monuments in Police, e.g. *Brick Gothic Chapel (15th c ...
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Warsaw Old Town Warsaw Old Town ( pl, Stare Miasto, italic=yes and colloquially as ''Starówka'') is the oldest part of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is bounded by the ''Wybrzeże Gdańskie'' (Gdańsk Boulevards), along with the bank of the Vistula river, ...
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Wrocław Old Town The Old Town in Wrocław ( pl, Stare Miasto we Wrocławiu) is the oldest part of the left-bank Wrocław, originating from the thirteenth century. It is surrounded by the City Moat, a remnant of the complex system of fortifications, largely based ...


Serbia

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Old Town (Ivanjica) ) , motto = , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Serbia##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , pushpin_map = Serbia#Europe , coo ...


Slovakia

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Old Town, Bratislava The Old Town of Bratislava ( sk, Staré Mesto, hu, Óváros, german: Altstadt) is the historic center and one of the boroughs of Bratislava, in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It is coextensive with the smallest Slovak administrative distri ...


Sri Lanka

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Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...


Sweden

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Old Town of Stockholm Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla s ...


Switzerland

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Old Town of Bern The Old City (german: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth ...


Ukraine

* Old Town (Lviv)


United Kingdom

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Old Town, Barnsley Old Town is an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is also the name of a ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients ...
, England * Old Town, Chard, England * Old Town, Croydon, England * Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland * Old Town, Isles of Scilly, England * Old Town, Mansergh, a hamlet in Mansergh, Cumbria, England * Old Town, Stevenage, England * Old Town, West Yorkshire, England


United States

* Old Town (Franklin, Tennessee) * Old Town (Key West), Florida * Old Town (Lansing, Michigan) * Old Town (Mississippi) *
Old Town, Baltimore Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north. One of the ar ...
, Maryland, USA * Old Town, California (disambiguation), several places, including: **
Old Town, Kern County, California Old Town (formerly, Williamsburg) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of ap ...
** Old Town, Marin County, California ** Old Town (Simonian Farms) *
Old Town, Calhoun County, Mississippi Old Town (originally Hartford) is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. Old Town was located along the Skuna River, and was the first county seat of Calhoun County. History Chocchuma and Chickasaw Indians first occupied t ...
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Old Town, Chicago Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great C ...
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Old Town, Florida Old Town is an unincorporated community in Dixie County, Florida, United States, located at US 19– ALT 27- 98 and State Road 349. The ZIP Code for Old Town is 32680. Geography Old Town is located at (29.6011, -82.9819), about 40 miles sou ...
, USA * Old Town, Indiana *
Old Town, Maine Old Town is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census. The city's developed area is chiefly located on the relatively large Marsh Island, though its boundaries extend beyond that. The island i ...
, USA * Old Town, North Carolina (disambiguation), several places, including: ** Old Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina ** Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina *
Old Town, San Diego Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and Bankers Hill on the south. It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...
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Old Town, Staten Island Old Town is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island, located on its East Shore. Old Town was established in August 1661 as part of New Netherland, and was the first permanent European settlement on Staten Island. Originally de ...
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Old Town Albuquerque Old Town is the historic original town site of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, established in 1706 by New Mexico governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It is listed on the New Mexico State Regist ...
, New Mexico, USA * Old Town Center Historic District, Eastham, Massachusetts, USA *
Old Town Chinatown Old Town Chinatown is the official Chinatown of the Northwest section of Portland, Oregon. The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District and the Kerns and Buckman neighborhoods. It includes the Portland ...
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Old Town Eureka Old Town Eureka (formally the Eureka Old Town Historic District) in Eureka, California, is a historic district listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. I t is an area containing 154 buildings mostly from the Victorian e ...
, California, USA * Old Town Fairfax, Virginia, USA *
Old Town Pasadena Old Pasadena, often referred to as Old Town Pasadena or just Old Town, is the original commercial center of Pasadena, a city in California, United States, and had a latter-day revitalization after a period of decay. Old Pasadena began as the ce ...
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Oldtown, Idaho Oldtown is a city in Bonner County, Idaho and suburb of Newport, Washington, with a population of 184 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Pend Oreille River, just east of Newport. There are no natural or physical barriers, and it is stric ...
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Oldtown, Kentucky Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Greenup County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upp ...
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Old Town, Wichita Downtown Wichita is the central business district of Wichita, Kansas, United States. The political and financial hub of the city, it is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performin ...
, Kansas * Old Town (house)


Music

* "Old Town" (song), 1982 song by Phil Lynott * Old Town Records, American record label which existed 1953–1966


Transit

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Old Town station (A-train) Old Town station is an A-train commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent ...
, Lewisville, Texas, United States * Old Town station (Staten Island Railway), New York, United States *
Old Town Transit Center Old Town Transit Center, also known as San Diego–Old Town station or Old Town San Diego station, is an intermodal transportation station located in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is served by Amtrak's ''Pacific Surfliner ...
, San Diego, California, United States * Old Town/Chinatown MAX Station, Portland, Oregon, United States *
King Street–Old Town station King Street–Old Town (also known by its former name, King Street) is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Author ...
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Oldtown railway station Oldtown railway station served the district of Oldtown, Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway opened their Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Let ...
, Letterkenny, Ireland


Other uses

* Old Town (''A Song of Ice and Fire''), a city in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series *
Old Town (amusement park) Old Town is an open-air walking district and entertainment complex, located in Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. ...
, in Kissimmee, Florida, USA * The Old Town, an open-air museum in Aarhus, Denmark


See also

* Old City (disambiguation) * Old Town Historic District (disambiguation) * Old Town Township (disambiguation) * Oldtown (disambiguation) * "
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight "A Hot Time in the Old Town", also titled as "There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight", is an American popular song, copyrighted and perhaps composed in 1896 by Theodore August Metz with lyrics by Joe Hayden. Metz was the band leader of th ...
" * Old Town Cemetery (disambiguation) * Stare Miasto (disambiguation) * Altstadt, a German term with a similar meaning * Furuichi (disambiguation), a Japanese term with a similar meaning {{disambiguation, geo