What is Old town?
[[File:Ipswich IP1, Suffolk. (geograph 3495649).jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|[[Ipswich]] in [[Suffolk]] is the oldest town in [[England]]}}.]] An '''old town''' of a [[city]] or [[town]] is its [[History|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 [[Architecture|architectural]] value that make them worth [[wikt:restore|restoring]]. In [[Europe]] old towns are usually the [[medieval]] towns or villages that the newer city was built up around.<ref> 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</ref> Old towns may have [[cobblestone]] [[street]]s, old [[church]]es, and [[Balcony|balconies]] hanging over narrow back streets.<ref>Aaron T. Brownell, ''The Long Path'' (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse Com, 2012), p. 105</ref> Because they are [[wikt:restrict|restrict]]ive [[Traffic congestion|traffic traps]] many old town districts do not allow [[motor vehicle]]s.<ref>Ivan Berend, ''Case Studies on Modern European Economy'' (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 202</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Neighborhoods]]