Well-preserved medieval cities

[jakub97]

My top 20 are:
1. Krakow
2. Venice
3. Prague
4. Rothenburg
5. Torun
6. Carcassonne
7. Dubrovnik
8. Ávila
9. Amsterdam
10. Siena
11. Falorence
12. Edinburgh
13. Grudziądz
14. Assisi
15. Genua
16. Toledo
17. Cork
18. Milan
19. Visby
20. Kaysersberg

[tommolo]

There are so many, but my preferred and not forementioned medieval cities in my home country, Italy, are...

Erice, Sicily















San Gimignano, Tuscany






Spello, in Umbria region:


Porto Venere in Liguria:




And Ischia in Campania region


Just to name a few I actually visited. Other larger cities may include Naples, Bologna or Pavia, pretty much conserved as well...
But in general, Europe is very well conserved! Bye and thanks for the beautiful pictures of historical urban landscapes!

[DGerg]

Pécs, Hungary



The cathedral:



City wall and the Barbican:





Mosque of Pasha Qasim:



Houses from the 15th century:

[Guaporense]

Originally Posted by Ribarca

A lot of them are not fully real. They have been later enhanced.

All the Baroque buildings in some of the towns shown are an easy give away that the cities are not really medieval.

well, here "medieval" would mean pre-1850, not pre-1450 as in the history books.

[jakub97]

Italian cities are very wonderful, romantic and old but town houses are very dirty, untidy and neglected. But not always dirties are bad. Certainly it aren't boring.

[tommolo]

My goodness, how sad....

[vittorio tauber]

Originally Posted by jakub97

Italian cities are very wonderful, romantic and old but town houses are very dirty, untidy and neglected. But not always dirties are bad. Certainly it aren't boring.

What italian towns did you visit exactly? Most medieval cores are quite well kept infact.

[Sienioslaw]

Mont saint-Micheal(France):






MUST visit some day...

[b5254]

Originally Posted by Sienioslaw

MUST visit some day...

Don't be too excited. I've been there, and it is VERY commercial with LOTS of tourists, tourists shops etc.

[jumping_jack]

i think that making charts and lists is just pointless, there are tens of thousands of medieval cities and towns in europe, it's impossible to make a significant list...

here are few examples from the rome outskirts:


Bomarzo





Bassano Romano





Blera



Barbarano Romano



Borgo di Cicignano



Calcata





Capranica



Caprarola





Carbognano



Castel San Pietro Romano



Castiglione in Teverina



Civita di Bagnoregio







Fabrica di Roma



Gavignano



Mazzano Romano





Montefiascone



Morolo



Nepi



Orte



Palombara Sabina



Patrica



Ronciglione



Soriano nel Cimino



Sutri



Tarquinia





Tolfa



Vignanello



Zagarolo



some other towns from central italy:

Cortona



Lugnano in Teverina





Orvieto







Recanati



Spoleto



Todi





Trevi



and thousands of others...

photos by papa golf on panoramio

[tommolo]

I'm in love too with Spoleto! Its castle and its roman acqueduct trasformed in XIII century in a bridge are just too exciting! Here you are a few more sights of the city, I hope you like them!









This bridge is 236 meters long and 78 meters high, making it one of the most daring acqueduct of roman era (even if it was restored as a bridge in XIII century, as I mentioned above)

[parcdesprinces]

Originally Posted by b5254

Don't be too excited. I've been there, and it is VERY commercial with LOTS of tourists, tourists shops etc.

Indeed, but did you spend a night there, cause I did it several times few years ago (in the monastery), and trust me, the Mont St-Michel at night after most of the tourists have left the place, is just wonderful, and very quiet.

[jumping_jack]

Originally Posted by tommolo

I'm in love too with Spoleto! Its castle and its roman acqueduct trasformed in XIII century in a bridge are just too exciting! Here you are a few more sights of the city, I hope you like them!

This bridge is 236 meters long and 78 meters high, making it one of the most daring acqueduct of roman era (even if it was restored as a bridge in XIII century, as I mentioned above)

it allways reminds me of the ariccia bridge even if it's not ancient nor mediaval:

[tommolo]

...In love with Arriccia and its tasty gastronomy too he he!

[jumping_jack]

Originally Posted by tommolo

...In love with Arriccia and its tasty gastronomy too he he!

obviously

[jakub97]

Medieval cities have a romantic atmosphere. I love it especially in cities such as Venice, Krakow, Amsterdam, Siena and in the cities in France, Germany, Poland and Italy. Too bad I do not live in those times. It's a shame that a lot of cities of that time is not preserved in its entirety today. Very sorry for me, for example, demolition of walls in Krakow and many other Polish and European cities. With them the city would have looked very magical.

[jakub97]

Sandomierz, Poland
This is one of my favorites small town in Poland because is my hometown. Old town have 700 years old. I love him because is pretty, quiet and clines. Town have a big and old cathedral and a beautiful castle.

[b5254]

Originally Posted by parcdesprinces

Indeed, but did you spend a night there, cause I did it several times few years ago (in the monastery), and trust me, the Mont St-Michel at night after most of the tourists have left the place, is just wonderful, and very quiet.

No, I was there during the day.

Ok, that sound's great. Most places gets better when the tourists has left.

[Mr. America]

One of my favourite towns - Görlitz

[AW-d]

Panorama



Old Town square at night