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, administrative 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:
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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 Marrakesh, 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
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
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
Fiji
Levuka
Japan
Historic center of Kyoto (Gion and Higashiyama districts)
Historic centers of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
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
Hagi Former Castle Town
Mitarai Historic Townscape
Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Tomonoura Port Town
Fukiya Merchant District
Matsue Samurai District
Yunotsu Onsen Port Town
Imaicho Merchant Town
Naramachi Merchant District
Miyama Farming Town
Ine Port Town
Omihachiman
Oharaimachi
Sawara Merchant District
Kawagoe Warehouse District
Kitsuki Samurai District
Malaysia
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nepal
Old Town and Durbar Square of Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Town and Durbar Square of Bhaktapur
Old Town and Durbar Square of Lalitpur
Kirtipur
New Zealand
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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
Taiwan Prefecture City (Historic center of Tainan)
Hengchun Prefecture City (Historic center of Hengchun)
Taipeh Prefecture City (Taipei City Walls)
Twatutia
Monka
Historic center of Tamsui
Lukang
Jioufen
Shifen Old Street
Sisinan Village, Taipei
Qinbi Village, Matsu Islands
Thailand
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Bukhara, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Itchan Kala, Khiva, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Vietnam
Old Quarter, Hanoi
Hiến Town of Hưng Yên
Thành Nam Old Town of Nam Định
Thanh Hà – Bao Vinh Old Twin Cities of Huế
Hội An Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bến Nghé of Ho Chi Minh City
Chợ Lớn of Ho Chi Minh City
Europe
Armenia
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
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
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
France
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)
Vichy (Allier)
Other notable French old towns include
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
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)
Greece
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
Kastellorizo, South Aegean
Plaka, Athens
Old Town of Chania
Old Town of Heraklion
Old Town of Agios Nikolaos
Old Town of Rethymno
Plaka, Athens
Ano Poli and Ladadika, Thessaloniki
Old Town of Drama
Old Town of Kavala
Old Town of Florina
Old Town of Nymfaio
Varousi, Trikala
Old Town of Volos
Old Town of Xanthi
Old Town of Komotini
Old Town of Parga
Old Town of Metsovo
Ioannina Castle, Ioannina
Old Town of Preveza
Old Town of Konitsa
Italy
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)
Latvia
Vecrīga in Riga, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Town of Liepāja
Old Daugavpils
Old Kuldīga, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Poland:
Old town of Kraków
Old Town of Toruń
Old town of Warsaw
Old town of Zamość
Other notable old towns include:
Portugal
Old town in Póvoa de Varzim, named "old town" (Vila Velha) since 1343.
Old town in Porto, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old town in Guimarães, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Óbidos, Portugal walled city
Old town of Elvas, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old town in Évora, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
Old town of St. Petersburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old town of Veliky Novgorod
Old town of Derbent
Historic center of Yaroslavl
‡ indicates historic settlements of federal importance.
Historic center of Kazan and the Kazan Kremlin, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Town of Gorodets
Old Town of Sarov
Historic center of Pskov and Pskov Kremlin
Historic center of Vyborg
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
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
Slovakia
Staré Mesto in Bratislava
Staré Mesto in Košice
Staré Mesto in Nitra
Spain
UNESCO World Heritage old towns in Spain
Other notable/famous old towns include:
Sweden
Gamla staden, Malmö
Gamla stan, Stockholm
Gamlestaden, Gothenburg
Gammelstaden, Luleå Municipality, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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
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
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
Ukraine
Stare Misto in Lviv, UNESCO World Heritage site
Historic Centre of Odesa, UNESCO World Heritage site
Old Kyiv
Old Kamianets-Podilskyi
Old Kharkiv
Old Chernivtsi
Old Uzhhorod
Old Chernihiv
Old Ternopil
United Kingdom
UNESCO World Heritage old towns in England:
City of Bath
Maritime Greenwich
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
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
Old Town, Derry, the historic fortified core of Derry
Old Town, Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the New Town, Edinburgh
Holyhead Old Town, a townscape heritage conservation area with the best surviving Roman Fort in Wales
Historic Town of St George, Bermuda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Middle East
Israel and Palestine
Old City of Jerusalem, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old City of Acre, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old City of Nablus
Old City of Tiberias
Old City of Safed
Lebanon
Old Byblos, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Sidon
Old Tripoli
Old Tyre, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Beirut Central District
Old Batroun
Deir el Qamar
Rachaya
Saudi Arabia
At-Turaif District, Diriyah in Riyadh, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Al-Balad, Jeddah, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Syria
Ancient City of Aleppo, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ancient City of Bosra, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ancient City of Damascus, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Tartus
Yemen
Old City of Sana'a, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Walled City of Shibam, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Zabīd, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Iran
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, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Mosul
Old Baghdad
Old Basra
North America
Canada
Historic District of Old Quebec, Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Montreal, Quebec
Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old Town, Toronto, Ontario
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
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
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
Old St. Augustine
Old Town Fernandina
Old Town, Key West
Historic center of Baltimore (Old West Baltimore, North Central Historic District), Maryland
Old Annapolis, Maryland
Olde Towne Gaithersburg, Maryland
Old Town Albuquerque
Old Town Taos
Historic Center of Santa Fe
Old Silver City
Historic center of New York, New York
Old Town, Staten Island, New York
Historic center of Boston (North End, Back Bay and Beacon Hill), Massachusetts
South America
Argentina
San Telmo and La Boca in Buenos Aires
Old Salta
Old Ushuaia
Brazil
Historic Center of Olinda, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Center of Salvador, also known as Pelourinho, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Center of São Luis, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Center of Goiás, Goiás, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Center of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Centro, in Rio de Janeiro
Sé, in the Central Zone of São Paulo
Centro Histórico, in Porto Alegre
Colombia
La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá
Old Cartagena, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ecuador
Quito's Historic Center, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Uruguay
Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo, "Old City" is the name of the oldest part of the city
Colonia del Sacramento, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Venezuela
Coro, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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