Free Medieval Town Pictures: 106 Old Town Photos

106 free medieval town pictures from the BigFoto library, all real photos from our travels: city walls, gates and towers, narrow stone lanes and steps, old squares and town halls, red rooftops seen from the walls, hill towns and small walled villages. About half come from the Croatian coast (Dubrovnik, Korčula, Trogir, Ston, Hvar, Rab and Zadar); the others include Prague, Riga, Siena, San Gimignano, Assisi, Pisa, Lucca, Verona, Dürnstein, Óbidos and Palma. The wide views of roofs and walls make good medieval backgrounds for slides and posts.

How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.

City walls, gates and towers

Dubrovnik’s walls climb the hill and run along the sea rocks, with Fort Lovrijenac seen from the walkway on top, and the Walls of Ston climb over the green hills. Here too are the walls of Hvar below the Spanish Fortress, Rab’s walls above the sea, the Revelin Tower and the Land Gate of Korčula, the Land Gate of Trogir, the Captain’s Tower in Zadar, the Powder Towers of Prague and Riga and Prague’s bridge towers, the Torre del Mangia in Siena, the Scaliger Castle at Sirmione and two towers and a gate in Verona.

City walls of Dubrovnik climbing the hill

Narrow lanes and stone steps

Narrow streets lead to the cathedral bell tower in Korčula and a bell tower in Rab, with washing hung across a Korčula lane and a stepped street under an arch. Zadar adds an archway and a shaded lane, Hvar stone steps up a narrow lane, Trogir a passage under an arch and a street of stone houses, and Riga a narrow old street.

Narrow street leading to the cathedral bell tower

Old towns from above and from the sea

The red roofs of Dubrovnik with Lokrum island beyond, the bell tower of the Franciscan monastery and a narrow street seen from the walls, the roofs of Ston and its salt pans, the red roofs of Rab, the Charles Bridge and Prague’s Old Town across the river, and Palma’s roofs with the cathedral. Primošten sits on its peninsula, seen from the air, and Rovinj is seen from the sea.

Squares, town halls and churches

Piazza del Campo and the cathedral in Siena, the cathedral and the Leaning Tower on Pisa’s Field of Miracles and the Romanesque church of San Michele in Foro in Lucca. Prague adds the Old Town Hall tower with its astronomical clock and the Týn Church, Trogir its main square, the Cathedral of St Lawrence and Radovan’s portal, and Riga the Three Brothers houses and its cathedral. There are loggias in Trogir, Zadar and Hvar, St Stephen’s Cathedral on Hvar’s main square, a small church with a rose window in Korčula, a red brick Gothic church in Riga, and the Gothic cathedral portal, the doorway of La Llotja and a church tower in Palma.

Hill towns: Assisi and San Gimignano

Assisi on the slope of Monte Subasio, its roofs, domes and towers from above, spring blossom over the roofs, the Rocca Maggiore castle and narrow stepped streets with red flower pots, a bell gable and an archway framing a church. San Gimignano adds its towers, a street and an arched lane.

Villages and small walled towns

Dürnstein above the Danube, with castle ruins over its town walls, vineyards and trees in autumn, a round tower, a town gate and cobbled lanes with vines. Ston has a stone town gate and lanes of old stone houses, Cavtat narrow lanes and steps between stone walls, and the walled town of Óbidos in Portugal a lane with flowers and a church above the countryside.

Dürnstein castle and the vineyards in autumn

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Questions about these medieval town pictures

Can I use these medieval town pictures for free?

Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.

Which towns are in these pictures?

About half are from the Croatian coast and islands: Dubrovnik, Korčula, Trogir, Ston, Hvar, Rab, Zadar, Cavtat, Rovinj and Primošten. The others show Prague in the Czech Republic, Riga in Latvia, Siena, San Gimignano, Assisi, Pisa, Lucca, Verona and Sirmione in Italy, Dürnstein in Austria, Óbidos in Portugal and Palma on Mallorca.

Do they work as a medieval background or wallpaper?

The wide views of red roofs, stone walls and open sky leave calm space for a title on slides, video calls and blog headers. The originals are about 1200 pixels wide (the upright ones 1200 pixels tall), so they suit slides, phones and the web better than large prints.