What is Vilnius Old Town?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Vilnius Historic Centre | image = | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = | location = [[Vilnius]], [[Vilnius County]], [[Lithuania]] | criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(ii), (iv)}}(ii), (iv) | ID = 541bis | coordinates = {{coord|54|41|12|N|25|17|35|E|display=title, inline|region:LT_type:city|format=dms}} | year = 1994 | extension = 2012 | area = {{convert|352.09|ha|acre|abbr=on}} | buffer_zone = {{convert|1,912.24|ha|acre|abbr=on}} | locmapin = Lithuania Vilnius#Lithuania | map_caption = }} The '''Old Town of Vilnius''' ({{lang-lt|Vilniaus senamiestis}}) is the [[History|historic]] part of the [[city]] of [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. It is one of the largest and most beautiful [[medieval]] [[old town]]s in [[Europe]].<ref name=Jarvis108>Howard Jarvis; Neil Taylor, ''Vilnius with Kaunas'' (Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt, 2005), p. 108</ref> It has an [[area]] of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). The [[Human settlement|settlement]] became a [[town]] in the early [[13th century]].<ref name=UNESCO>{{cite web |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/541 |title=Vilnius Historic Centre |author= |date= |work= |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref> The old town is marked by narrow [[street]]s, old [[church]]es, [[museum]]s and flower-decorated [[courtyard]]s.<ref name=LT>{{cite web |url=https://www.lietuva.lt/en/tourism/why_to_visit/unique_old_town_of_vilnius |title=Unique Old Town of Vilnius |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybė |accessdate=31 January 2015 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214115801/http://lietuva.lt/en/tourism/why_to_visit/unique_old_town_of_vilnius |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Town square|central squares]] in the Old Town are the [[Cathedral Square, Vilnius|Cathedral Square]] and the [[Town Hall, Vilnius|Town Hall Square]]. In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included in the [[UNESCO]] [[Worl