There then arose a mediaeval town whose highest governing body was its council.

Diogo de Sousa turned the mediaeval town into a renaissance city, and many of his improvements can still be seen in modern Braga.

In 1708, the school escaped a major fire which destroyed most of the rest of the mediaeval town of Holt.

There were churches and cathedrals all around this spot which once had been the centre of the of mediaeval town.

The remains of Noto's early inhabitants are almost entirely hidden beneath the ruins of the mediaeval town, except for three chambers cut into the rock.

Nearly all the houses within the borders of the mediaeval town were burnt to the ground.

Christmas market in the mediaeval town.

Much of the mediaeval town was gradually replaced by a mix of Georgian and Victorian buildings.

Lussac, like many mediaeval towns, seems to have grown up around a castle built during the feudal era.

The archaeological ruins at Tegdaoust in southern Mauritania are thought to be the remains of the mediaeval town.