The "Old City" is a city's historic core with preserved streets, landmarks, and old buildings. It often has narrow lanes, markets, and cultural or religious sites. People visit for history, architecture, food, and a sense of the city's past.
19th century Old City Hall, completed in 1872 and burned in 1921 After Ohio achieved statehood in 1803, political infighting among prominent Ohio leaders led to the state capital moving from Chillicothe to Zanesville and back again. Source: Internet
A Christian pilgrim is blessed by a priest at the Ethiopian Monastery of Deir es-Sultan, located on the roof of the famed Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem. Source: Internet
A few hundred people gathered outside Old City Hall and the Berkeley Police Department on June 6, 2020. Source: Internet
American scholar Edward Robinson visited the city in 1838, describing it as a "thickly populated" town larger than Jerusalem, with its Old City lying upon a hilltop, while its suburbs laid on the nearby plain. Source: Internet
After the Old City was captured, Dayan told his troops to dig in to hold it. Source: Internet
A planned World Kabbalah Center is to be located on the nearby promenade, overlooking the Old City. Source: Internet