29 December 2023

Picture quiz: How many of these historic centres can you identify?

With old town squares, towering steeples and endless charm, we can't resist a historic centre with tales of the past etched into every cobble. How many can you recognise?

2 mins

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1. Which Middle Eastern city does this historic centre belong?

Muscat, Oman

Amman, Jordan

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Sharjah, UAE

2. In which Baltic capital will you find this old town?

Tallinn, Estonia

Riga, Lativa

Vilnius, Lithuania

Warsaw, Poland

3. Can you identify which city these copper-coloured tiles belong to?

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kotor, Montenegro

Tirana, Albania

Dubrovnik, Croatia

4. This colourful cluster of half-timbered buildings belong to which French city?

Limoges

Colmar

Dijon

Nantes

5. This beautiful old town can of course only be in...

Cartagena, Colombia

Cuzco, Peru

Granada, Nicaragua

Salta, Argentina

6. In which Japanese city will you find this picturesque view?

Kobe

Sapporo

Osaka

Kyoto

7. This panoramic view of a historic medina was captured in which North African city?

Marrakech, Morocco

Tunis, Tunisia

Kairouan, Tunisia

Fes, Morocco

8. If you're wanting a chocolate-box old town, you can't get much better than this one. Where is it?

Rothenburg, Germany

Bruges, Belgium

Gdansk, Poland

Cesky Krumlov, Czechia

9. Can you identify this UNESCO-listed ancient town in Italy?

Alberobello

Taormina

Matera

Sienna

10. In which Canadian city will you find this 17th-century old town?

Québec City, Québec

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hamilton, Ontario

Calgary, Alberta

11. This historic French district can be found in which US city?

St Louis, Missouri

St Augustine, Florida

New Orleans, Louisiana

Charleston, South Carolina

12. Can you identify which city's historic centre is home to this square?

Cordoba, Spain

Évora, Portugal

Gibraltar, UK

Brasília, Brazil