Old City
The Old City is the area inside the ancient walled city of Shanghai; it is one of the most picturesque areas of the city, with many buildings in traditional Chinese style.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: old town
- Description: traditional urban core of Shanghai
- Also known as: “Old City of Shanghai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yu Yuan Garden and Xiao Tao Yuan Mosque.
Yu Yuan Garden
Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai.
Xiao Tao Yuan Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Xiaotaoyuan Mosque, formerly known as Islamic Western Mosque or Shanghai Western Mosque, is a mosque in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China. It is the largest mosque in Shanghai.
Shanghai Museum
Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a municipal public museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huangpu and Xiaodongmen.
Huangpu
Photo: Jhong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huangpu is an administrative district of Shanghai, the traditional center of the city, with People's Square, the Bund, the East Nanjing Road pedestrian mall and many other attractions.
Old City
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.2285° or 31° 13′ 43″ northLongitude
121.4865° or 121° 29′ 11″ eastOpen location code
8Q336FHP+9HWikidata ID
Q7083702
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Satellite Map
Discover Old City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Old City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上海老城厢”
- Esperanto: “Antikva Kvartalo de Ŝanhajo”
- French: “laochengxiang”
- French: “vieille ville de Shanghai”
- French: “Vieille ville de Shanghai”
- Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה של שאנגחאי”
- Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה”
- Indonesian: “Kota tua Shanghai”
- Italian: “città vecchia di Shanghai”
- Italian: “Città vecchia di Shanghai”
- Japanese: “上海城内”
- Japanese: “上海旧市街”
- Japanese: “上海老城厢”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamlebyen i Shanghai”
- Norwegian: “Gamlebyen i Shanghai”
- Slovenian: “Staro mesto Šanghaj”
- Urdu: “قدیم شہر (شنگھائی)”
- Urdu: “قدیم شہر”
- Wu Chinese: “上海老城厢”
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