Old town

The old town of a city or 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 after thorough renovations. There are many places throughout the world named old town (and this is sometimes construed as a proper noun and capitalized). This is a list of some famous old towns:

Africa

Algeria

  • Casbah of Algiers, in Algeria
  • Egypt

  • Medieval Cairo, in Cairo
  • Old Rashid
  • Saint Catherine's Monastery, in Sinai
  • Kenya

  • Mombasa Old Town
  • Morocco

  • Old Meknes in Morocco
  • old Essaouira, in Morocco
  • Old Fes, in Morocco
  • old Marrakech, in Morocco
  • Tétouan in Morocco
  • El Jadida in Morocco
  • Tanzania/Zanzibar

  • Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage site)
  • Tunisia

  • old Kairouan, in Tunisia
  • Medina of Sousse in Tunisia
  • Medina of Tunis in Tunisia
  • Asia

    Bangladesh

  • Old Town in Dhaka
  • China

  • Forbidden City and Old Town remnants of Beijing
  • Mountain Resort temple town in Chengde
  • Old Town of Dengfeng
  • Old Town of Kaiping
  • Old Town (song)

    "Old Town" is a song released by Thin Lizzy frontman Philip Lynott from his 1982 self-titled solo album, The Philip Lynott Album. The song was written about the breakup of two lovers, and contains piano by Darren Wharton. In the music video, Lynott can be seen on the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin.

    "Old Town" was the first record to be officially played on Irish legal Independent Radio. It was the first song played by Dublin's Capital Radio 104.4 on its launch on 20 July 1989.

    Chart performance

    Track listings

  • Ireland: Virgin / VIS 103 (Without spoken intro)
  • The Netherlands: Vertigo / 6059 580
  • UK: Vertigo / SOLO 5
  • The Corrs version

    The Corrs covered "Old Town" on their 1999 appearance on MTV's Unplugged series, and again with a studio recording for their 2005 album Home.

    The live version was released as a single, titled "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" in 2000 in Singapore, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2005 the studio recording was released as a double A-side with "Heart Like a Wheel", and was included on the 2006 compilation Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection. They also performed this song in their In Blue Tour.

    Old Town (Lviv)

    Lviv's Old Town (Ukrainian: Старе Місто Львова, Stare Misto L’vova; Polish: Stare Miasto we Lwowie) is the historic centre of the city of Lviv, within the Lviv Oblast (province) in Ukraine, recognized as the State Historic-Architectural Sanctuary in 1975.

    UNESCO

    Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage". On 5 December 1998, during the 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto (Japan), Lviv was included to the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO gave the following reasons for its selection:

    The territory of the Lviv Historic Centre Ensemble covers 120 hectares (300 acres) of the Old Russ and Medieval part of the city, as well as the territory of the St. George’s Cathedral on St. George’s Hill. The buffer area of the Historic Centre, which is defined by the historic area bounds, is approximately 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres).

    List of featured landmarks

    Beside the listed items of three major areas there are some 2,007 other historical landmarks within the Old City's area, 214 of which are considered national landmarks.

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Old Town

    by: Barry Hay

    The girl's a fool
    She broke the rule
    She hurt him hard
    This time you will break down
    She's lost his trust
    And so she must
    Now all is lost
    The system has broke down
    Romance has broke down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broken down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broke down
    She plays it hard
    She plays it tough
    But thats enough
    The love is over
    She's broke his heart and that is rough
    But in the end you'll soon recover
    The romance is over
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broken down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broke down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broken down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broke down
    I've been spending my money
    In the old town
    It's not the same honey
    With you not around
    I've been spending my time
    In the old town
    I sure miss you honey
    Now you're not around
    You're not around
    This old town
    Yeah bah!
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broken down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broke down
    This boy is crackin' up
    This boy has broken down
    This boy is crackin' up




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