Title: I'm going on vacation soon and I'd like to visit some 
intact medieval towns.  I'm looking for places like 
Toledo, Venice, and Siena that were important towns in 
1200 but backwaters by 1700, and thus weren't overwritten.   
Can anyone suggest more like that?<p>(Even though this is a personal request, I feel ok 
submitting it to news.yc, because visiting "fossil" 
towns is one of the best ways I know to understand 
history.)<p>Thanks in advance!
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