medieval city
Fortified urban center
A medieval city is an urban settlement from the Middle Ages, roughly the 5th through 15th centuries in Europe.
These cities typically featured defensive walls, narrow winding streets, a central marketplace, and prominent religious buildings.
The term also describes any place that retains or evokes that character: The old town feels like a medieval city with its cobblestone lanes and fortified gates.
- aldermanElected municipal legislator
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- bell towerStructure housing large chimes
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- communeShared-living community
feudal system · feudal lord · artisan · blacksmith · barter system · curfew · battlements · drawbridge · walled town · charter · burgher · rampart · night watch · garrison · moat · cobblestone · cobblestone streets · castle
- city-statesSingapore, polis, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein
- NicosiaGreen Line, buffer zone, ramparts, moat, municipality
- city typescapital, metropolis, megacity, suburb, resort town
- CordobaGreat Mosque, Alcazar, Caliphate, Umayyad dynasty, Al-Andalus
- Hanseatic CitiesLubeck, Hamburg, Bremen, Danzig, Gdansk
medieval citymodern metropolis
Large current-day urban area
modern city · futuristic city · smart city · industrial city · ancient city
medieval citywilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
medieval village · rural countryside · medieval countryside · agrarian landscape · untamed wilderness