historic city
Old, significant settlement
A historic city is one significant for its role in past events, its preserved architecture, or its cultural heritage.
The phrase typically suggests a place worth visiting for its history: Prague is one of Europe's most historic cities.
Historic city often appears in tourism and urban planning contexts, where preservation of old buildings and sites is emphasized.
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- archaeological siteLocation of historic remains
- cobblestone streetsRoads surfaced with rounded rocks
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
ancient ruins · ancient walls · golden age · fortress · temple · medieval · trading hub · grand tour · old town · church bells · cathedral · palace · heritage · living history · riverfront · citadel · restoration · colonial
temporal development
historic citynew development
Recent change in circumstances
new town · planned city · modern city · planned community · boomtown