List of city squares explained

The following is a partial list of prominent city squares:

Africa

Egypt

• Tahrir Square – Cairo

Ethiopia

• Meskel Square – Addis Ababa
• Mexico Square – Addis Ababa

Morocco

• Djemaa el Fna – Marrakech

South Africa

• Grand Parade – Cape Town
• Greenmarket Square – Cape Town
• Church Square – Pretoria
• Hoffman Square - Bloemfontein

Ghana

• Independence Square – Accra

Zimbabwe

• Mzilikazi Square – Bulawayo
• Africa Unity Square – Harare

Asia

Armenia

• Republic Square – Yerevan
• Charles Aznavour Square – Yerevan
• Freedom Square – Yerevan
• Garegin Nzhdeh Square – Yerevan
• Square of Russia – Yerevan
• Grigor Tatevatsi Square – Goris

Azerbaijan

• Freedom Square – Baku
• Azneft Square – Baku

Hong Kong

• Civic Square – Admiralty
• Connaught Place – Central
• Edinburgh Place – Central
• Jockey Club Town Square – Yuen Long
• Statue Square – Central
• Yue Man Square – Kwun Tong
• Sheung Wan Fong – Sheung Wan
• Golden Bauhinia Square – Wan Chai
• Tuen Mun Cultural Square – Tuen Mun

India

• Dalhousie Square – Kolkata
• India Gate Complex, New Delhi
• Connaught Place, New Delhi
• New Market, Kolkata
• Badi chowk, Jaipur
• Manek chowk, Ahmedabad
• Maharaj Bada, Gwalior
  • • Rajwada, indore Ghantaghar, kanpur Auroville
• Central Square, Chennai
• Anna Sathukkam, Chennai
• Meenakshi Square, Madurai
• Aranganathar Square, Trichy
• Tholkappiyar Sathukkam, Tanjore
• Periyar Square, Erode
• John stone Sathukkam (Kamarajar Sathukkam), Kotagiri
• Kanyakumari Square, Kanyakumari
• Bistupur Public Square, Jamshedpur

Indonesia

• Medan Merdeka (Merdeka Square) – Jakarta
• Lapangan Banteng (Banteng Square) – Jakarta
• Lapangan Merdeka (Merdeka Square) – Medan
• Alun-Alun Bandung (Bandung City Square) – Bandung
• Simpang Lima Square – Semarang
• Alun-Alun Utara dan Selatan (North and South Palace Squares) – Surakarta and Yogyakarta
• Lapangan Puputan Badung (Puputan Badung Square) – Denpasar

Iran

• Naqsh-e Jahan Square – Isfahan, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Haram-i Motahhar – Mashhad
• Namazi Square – Shiraz
• Azadi Square – Tehran

Israel

• In Jerusalem:
  • Allenby Square
  • Davidka Square
  • Safra Square
  • Western Wall Plaza
  • Zion Square
• In Tel Aviv:
  • Atarim Square
  • Dizengoff Square
  • Kikar hamedina
  • Magen David Square
  • Rabin Square

Japan

• Imperial Palace Square – Tokyo

Kazakhstan

• Independence Square, Nur-Sultan
• In Almaty:
  • Astana Square
  • Republic Square
  • The Golden Square
  • Abay Square

Lebanon

• Riad Al Solh Square - Beirut
• Martyrs' Square, Beirut

Macau

• Senado Square
• Lotus Square – Sé

Mainland China

• Tiananmen Square – Beijing
• Xinghai Square – Dalian
• Union Square – Hotan
• People's Square – Shanghai
• Wuyi Square – Fuzhou
• – Chengdu
• Haizhu Square – Guangzhou
• Huacheng Square – Guangzhou
• – Taiyuan
• – Xi'an
• Wulin Square – Hangzhou
• Bayi Square – Nanchang
• Potala Palace Square – Lhasa

North Korea

• Kim Il Sung Square – Pyongyang

South Korea

• Gwanghwamun Plaza – Seoul^[1]
• Seoul Plaza – Seoul

Lebanon

• Martyrs' Square – Beirut
• Nejme Square – Beirut

Malaysia

• Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru – Johor
• Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square) – Kuala Lumpur
• Esplanade – George Town, Penang
• National Heroes Square – Putrajaya
• Putrajaya Independence Square – Putrajaya
• Sibu Town Square^[2] – Sibu, Sarawak

Mongolia

• Sükhbaatar Square – Ulaanbaatar
• Tsedenbal Square – Ulaanbaatar
• Zhukov Square – Ulaanbaatar
• Independence Square – Choibalsan

Nepal

• Kathmandu Durbar Square - Kathmandu
• Asan – Kathmandu
• Maru – Kathmandu
• Indra Chok – Kathmandu
• Patan Durbar Square - Lalitpur
• Bhaktapur Durbar Square - Bhaktapur

Philippines

• Bacolod Public Plaza, Fountain of Justice – Bacolod
• Plaza Independencia – Cebu City
• In Manila:
  • Liwasang Bonifacio
  • Plaza de Armas
  • Plaza Dilao
  • Plaza Lacson
  • Plaza Mexico
  • Plaza Miranda
  • Plaza Moraga
  • Plaza Moriones (Intramuros)
  • Plaza Moriones (Tondo)
  • Plaza Rajah Sulayman
  • Plaza de Roma
  • Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz
• In Iloilo City:
  • Arevalo Plaza
  • Jaro Plaza
  • La Paz Plaza
  • Mandurriao Plaza
  • Molo Plaza
  • Plaza Libertad

Taiwan

• City Hall Square – Taipei
• Liberty Square – Taipei
• Nishi Honganji Square – Taipei

Tajikistan

• Dousti Square – Dushanbe

Turkey

• Kızılay Square – Ankara
• Konak Square – İzmir

Turkmenistan

• Garaşsyzlyk Square – Ashgabat

Thailand

• Royal Plaza – Bangkok
• Sanam Luang – Bangkok
• Tha Phae Gate square – Chiangmai
• Suranaree Square – Nakhon Ratchasima

Vietnam

• Ba Đình Square – Hanoi
• August Revolution Square – Hanoi
• Labour Square – Hanoi
• Tonkin Free School Square – Hanoi
• Nguyen Hue Square – Ho Chi Minh City

Australia and Oceania

Australia

• In Adelaide:
  • Hindmarsh Square
  • Hurtle Square
  • Light Square
  • Victoria Square
  • Wellington Square
  • Whitmore Square
• Anzac Square, Brisbane
• King George Square, Brisbane
• Kings Square, Fremantle
• Moseley Square, Glenelg
• City Square, Melbourne
• Federation Square, Melbourne
• Russell Square, Perth
• Victoria Square, Perth
• Wellington Square, Perth
• Taylor Square, Sydney
• Queen's Square – Sydney

Fiji

• City Square – Suva

French Polynesia

• To'ata Square (Place To'ata) – Papeete, Tahiti
• Vai'ete Square (Place Vai'ete) – Papeete, Tahiti

New Zealand

• Aotea Square – Auckland
• Khartoum Place – Auckland
• St Patrick's Square – Auckland
• Cathedral Square – Christchurch
• Victoria Square – Christchurch
• Anzac Square – Dunedin
• The Octagon – Dunedin
• Albion Square, Nelson - Nelson
• Buxton Square, Nelson - Nelson
• Montgomery Square, Nelson - Nelson
• Trafalgar Square - Nelson
• Victory Square - Nelson
• Te Marae o Hine (The Square) – Palmerston North
• Civic Square – Wellington

Europe

Albania

• Skanderbeg Square – Tirana

Austria

• Heldenplatz – Vienna
• Mexikoplatz – Vienna
• Naschmarkt – Vienna
• Rathausplatz – Vienna
• Stephansplatz – Vienna

Belgium

• Handschoenmarkt – Antwerp^[3]
• Grote Markt – Antwerp^[4]
• St. Jans Vliet – Antwerp^[5]
• Grand-Place – Brussels
• Luxembourg Square – Brussels
• Grote markt Sint-Niklaas – Sint-Niklaas^[6]

Bulgaria

• Stochna Gara Square – Plovdiv
• In Sofia:
  • Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square
  • St. Alexander Nevski Square (the area around the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral)
  • Atanas Burov Square (the square in front of the Presidency)
  • Baba Nedelya Square
  • Bulgaria Square (the square in front of the National Palace of Culture)
  • Macedonia Square
  • Stochna Gara Square
  • Nezavisimost Square (The Largo)
  • Predgarov Square (in front of the Central railway station)
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi Square
  • Pencho Slaveykov Square (sometimes called only Slaveykov)
  • Pametnika Levski Square (the area around the Vassil Levski monument)
  • Orlov Most Square
  • Lavov Most Square
  • Narodno Sabranie Square (National Assembly)

Croatia

• In Zagreb:
  • Ban Jelačić Square
  • Eugen Kvaternik Square
  • Žrtava Fašizma Square
  • Franjo Tuđman Square
  • Zrinjski Square^[7]
  • King Tomislav Square
  • King Petar Krešimir IV Square
  • King Petar Svačić Square
  • Juraj Strossmayer Square
  • Ante Starčević Square
  • Marko Marulić Square
  • Mažuranić Square
  • Republic of Croatia Square
  • Roosevelt Square
  • Trešnjevački Square
  • Francuske Republike Square

Cyprus

For a full list of main squares in Cyprus see Plateia.

• Eleftheria square (πλατεία Ελευθερίας) – Nicosia

Czech Republic

• Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) – Prague
• Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) – Prague
• Jan Palach Square (Náměstí Jana Palacha) – Prague

Denmark

• In Copenhagen:
  • The City Hall Square
  • Gammeltorv
  • Nytorv
  • Axeltorv
  • Amagertorv
  • Kongens Nytorv

Estonia

See main article: List of squares in Estonia.

• Central Square (Keskväljak) – Kärdla
• Leiger's Square (Leigri väljak) – Kärdla
• Virula Square (Virula väljak) – Kohtla-Järve
• Peter's Square (Peetri plats) – Narva
• Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats) – Narva
• Central Square (Keskväljak) – Paide
• Central Square (Keskväljak) – Pärnu
• Youth Square (Noorte väljak) – Pärnu
• In Tallinn:
  • Iceland's Square (Islandi väljak)
  • Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats)
  • Theatre's Square (Teatri väljak)
  • Towers' Square (Tornide väljak)
  • Freedom Square (Vabaduse väljak)
  • Viru Square (Viru väljak)
• Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats) – Tartu

Finland

• In Helsinki:
  • Market Square, Helsinki (Kauppatori, Salutorget)
  • Rautatientori/Järnvägstorget (Railway Square in English)
  • Helsinki Senate Square (Senaatintori, Senatstorget)
  • Töölö Square (Töölöntori, Tölö torg)
  • Hakaniemi Square (Hakaniemen tori, Hagnäs torg)
  • Hietalahti Square (Hietalahden tori, Sandvikens torg)
  • Fredrik's Square (Fredrikintori, Fredrikstorget)
  • Vaasa Square (Vaasanpuistikko, Vasaskvären)
• In Tampere:
  • Tampere Central Square (Keskustori)
  • Tammela Square (Tammelantori)
  • Laukko Square (Laukontori)
  • Sori Square (Sorin aukio)
• Market Square – Turku
• Market Square – Oulu
• Market Square – Kuopio
• In Vaasa:
  • Market Square, Vaasa (Kauppatori, Salutorget)
  • Palosaari Square (Palosaaren tori, Brändö torg)
  • Barracks Square (Kasarmintori, Kaserntorget)

France

• Place des Quinconces – Bordeaux
• Grand'Place – Lille
• Place Bellecour – Lyon
• Place de la Comédie – Montpellier
• Place Stanislas – Nancy
• Place Masséna – Nice
• In Paris:
  • Place de la Bastille
  • Place de la Concorde
  • Place de la République
  • Place Vendôme
  • Place de l'Étoile
  • Place des Vosges
  • Place du Tertre
  • Place Dauphine
  • Place de l'Opéra
  • Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
  • Place du Palais-Royal
  • Place des Victoires
  • Place de Furstenberg
• Place Kléber – Strasbourg
• Place du Capitole – Toulouse

Georgia

• Freedom Square – Batumi
• Freedom Square – Tbilisi

Germany

• In Berlin:
  • Alexanderplatz
  • Breitscheidplatz
  • Gendarmenmarkt
  • John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
  • Platz der Republik
  • Potsdamer Platz
  • Schlossplatz
• Domshof – Bremen
• Marktplatz – Bremen
• In Cologne:
  • Alter Markt
  • Fischmarkt
  • Heumarkt
  • Neumarkt
  • Rathausplatz (Cologne)
  • Rudolfplatz
• In Dortmund:
  • Borsigplatz
  • Friedensplatz
  • Hansaplatz
  • Nordmarkt
  • Alter Markt
• Altmarkt – Dresden
• Neumarkt – Dresden
• Schlossplatz – Dresden
• Konstablerwache – Frankfurt
• Opernplatz – Frankfurt
• Römerberg (Frankfurt) – Frankfurt
• Spielbudenplatz – Hamburg
• Marktplatz – Hildesheim
• In Leipzig:
  • Augustusplatz
  • Burgplatz
  • Naschmarkt
  • Markt
  • Richard-Wagner-Platz
  • St. Nicholas Church Square

• In Munich:
  • Alter St.-Georgs-Platz
  • Anhalter Platz
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz
  • Karlsplatz (Stachus)
  • Königsplatz
  • Marienplatz
  • Max-Joseph-Platz
  • Münchner Freiheit
  • Odeonsplatz
  • St.-Anna-Platz
  • Viktualienmarkt
  • Wittelsbacher Platz

Gibraltar

• Cathedral Square
• Grand Casemates Square
• John Mackintosh Square

Greece

For a full list of main squares in Greece see Plateia

• Syntagma Square – Athens
• Omonoia Square – Athens
• Kolonaki Square – Athens
• Kotzia Square – Athens
• Kypselis Square – Athens
• Central Market Square ("Agora") – Chania
• Constitution Square – Nafplion
• Georgiou I Square – Patras
• Ippokratous Square – Rhodes
• Aristotelous Square – Thessaloniki
• Spianada Square – Corfu (city)

Hungary

• In Budapest:
  • John Paul II Square (57,600 m²)
  • Elisabeth Square (43,200 m²)
  • Square of the '56-ers (36,500 m²)
  • Heroes' Square
  • Kossuth Lajos Square
  • Széll Kálmán Square
  • Móricz Zsigmond Circus
  • Kosztolányi Dezső Square
  • Flórián Square
  • Batthyány Square
  • Szent Gellért Square
  • Astoria
  • Blaha Lujza Square
  • Kálvin Square
  • Oktogon
  • Baross Square
  • Nyugati Square
  • Lehel Square
  • Liberty Square
  • Örs vezér Square^[8]

Ireland

• In Dublin:
  • Merrion Square
  • Parnell Square
  • Mountjoy Square
  • Fitzwilliam Square
  • St Stephen's Green
• Eyre Square – Galway

Italy

• Piazza Émile Chanoux – Aosta
• Piazza del Popolo – Ascoli Piceno
• Piazza Risorgimento – Benevento
• Piazza Santa Sofia – Benevento
• Piazza Vecchia – Bergamo
• Piazza Maggiore – Bologna
• Piazza della Loggia – Brescia
• Piazza Carlo III – Caserta
• Piazza del Duomo – Catania
• In Florence:
  • Piazza della Signoria
  • Piazza del Duomo
  • Piazza Santa Croce
  • Piazza della Repubblica
  • Piazza Santa Trinita
  • Piazza della Libertà
  • Piazzale Michelangelo
• Piazza Saffi – Forlì
• Piazza De Ferrari – Genoa
• Piazza della Vittoria – Gorizia
• Piazza della Transalpina – Gorizia
• Piazza Dante – Grosseto
• Piazza del Duomo – L'Aquila
• Piazza del Duomo – Lecce
• Piazza della Vittoria – Lodi, Lombardy
• Piazza dell'Anfiteatro – Lucca
• Piazza Sordello – Mantua
• Piazza delle Erbe – Mantua
• In Milan:
  • Piazza del Duomo
  • Piazza Cordusio
  • Piazza della Scala
  • Piazza Duca d'Aosta
• Piazza Duomo – Messina
• Piazza Grande – Modena
• In Naples:
  • Piazza del Plebiscito
  • Piazza Borsa
  • Piazza Dante
  • Piazza Garibaldi
  • Piazza dei Martiri
• Piazza Cavalli – Piacenza
• Piazza dei Miracoli – Pisa
• Piazza delle Gondole – Pisa
• Knights' Square (Pisa) – Pisa
• Prato della Valle – Padua
• Quattro Canti – Palermo
• Piazza Marina – Palermo
• Piazza Pretoria – Palermo
• Piazza del Duomo – Parma
• Piazza del Popolo – Ravenna
• Piazza Rotonda – Reggio di Calabria

• In Rome:
  • Piazza del Popolo
  • Piazza di Spagna
  • Piazza Navona
  • Piazza del Campidoglio
  • Piazza Cavour
  • Piazza Venezia
  • Piazza Barberini
  • Piazza Colonna
  • Piazza del Quirinale
  • Piazza della Minerva
  • Piazza della Rotonda
  • Piazza dell'Esquilino
  • Piazza Di Santa Maria
  • Piazza Mattei
  • Piazza Farnese
  • Piazza di Monte Citorio
• Piazza della Cisterna – San Gimignano
• Piazza della Concordia – Salerno
• Piazza d'Italia – Sassari
• Piazza del Campo – Siena
• Piazza del Duomo – Syracuse
• Piazza Archimede – Syracuse
• Piazza Unità d'Italia – Trieste
• In Turin:
  • Piazza Castello
  • Piazza Vittorio Veneto (Torino)
  • Piazza del Consolata
  • Piazza San Carlo
  • Piazza Corpus Domini
  • Piazza Solferino (Torino)
    • In Venice:
  • Campo della Salute
  • Campo San Barnaba
  • Campo San Bartolomeo
  • Campo San Polo
  • Campo San Trovaso
  • Campo Sant'Angelo
  • Campo Santa Margherita
  • Campo Santa Maria Formosa
  • Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
  • Campo Santo Stefano
  • Piazza Baldassare Galuppi
  • Piazza San Marco
  • Piazzetta dei Leoncini
  • Piazzale Roma
• Piazza delle Erbe – Verona
• Piazza Bra – Verona
• Piazza dei Signori – Vicenza

Kosovo

• Skanderbeg Square – Pristina

Latvia

• Cathedral Square – Riga, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Lithuania

• Town Hall Square – Kaunas
• Cathedral Square – Vilnius, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Luxembourg

• Place d'Armes – Luxembourg City
• Place de la Constitution – Luxembourg City
• Place Guillaume II – Luxembourg City
• Place des Martyrs – Luxembourg City

North Macedonia

• Magnolia Square – Bitola
• Macedonia Square – Skopje

Malta

For a full list of main squares in Malta visit List of Squares in Malta.

• Victory Square, Birgu (Misraħ ir-Rebħa) – Birgu
• St Helen's Square (Misraħ Santa Liena) – Birkirkara
• Gavino Gulia Square (Misraħ Gavino Gulia) – Cospicua
• Reggie Miller Square (Wesgħa Reggie Miller) – Fgura
• Scicluna Square (Pjazza Memè Scicluna) – Gżira
• St Paul Square, Hamrun (Pjazza San Pawl) – Ħamrun
• Rotunda Square (Pjazza tar-Rotunda) – Mosta
• Paola Square (Pjazza Antoine de Paule) – Paola
• Maempel Square (Pjazza Federico Maempel) – Qormi
• Balluta Square (Misraħ il-Balluta) – San Ġiljan
• Lourdes Square (Misraħ Lourdes) – San Ġwann
• Bay Square (Misraħ il-Bajja) – San Pawl il-Baħar (Buġibba)
• Pope Benedict XV Square (Misraħ il-Papa Benedittu XV) – Senglea
• St. Anne Square (Pjazza Sant' Anna) – Sliema
• St John's Square (Misraħ San Ġwann) – Valletta
• St. George's Square (Misraħ San Ġorġ or Misraħ il-Palazz) – Valletta
• Independence Square (It-Tokk) – Victoria
• Our Lady Square (Misraħ tal-Madonna Medjatriċi) – Żabbar
• Republic Square (Misraħ ir-Repubblika) – Żejtun
• Republic Square (Misraħ ir-Repubblika) – Żurrieq

Moldova

• Great National Assembly Square – Chișinău
• Vasile Alecsandri Square – Bălți
• Independence Square – Cahul

Montenegro

• Court Square – Cetinje
• Square of Arms – Kotor
• Republic Square – Podgorica
• Roman Square – Podgorica

Netherlands

See also: List of squares in Amsterdam.

• Dam Square – Amsterdam
• Kromboomslot – Amsterdam^[9]
• Beestenmarkt – Delft^[10]
• Grote Markt – Delft^[11]
• Grote Markt – Gouda^[12]
• Buitenhof – The Hague
• Het Plein – The Hague
• Keizer Karelplein – Maastricht^[13]
• Onze-Lieve-Vrouweplein – Maastricht
• Coolsingel – Rotterdam^[14]
• Oberblaak – Rotterdam^[15]
• Grotemarkt – Schiedam^[16]
• Scherminkelstraat – Vlissingen^[17]
• Kraanplein – Zierikzee^[18]

Norway

• Torgallmenningen – Bergen
• The City Hall Square – Oslo
• Stortorget – Oslo
• Jernbanetorget – Oslo
• Youngstorget – Oslo
• Torget – Stavanger
• Torget – Trondheim

Poland

• Kościuszko Market Square (Rynek Kościuszki) – Białystok
• Old Market Square (Stary Rynek) – Bydgoszcz
• Długi Targ (Long Market Square) – Gdańsk
• Market Square (Rynek) – Katowice
• Main Square (Rynek Główny) – Kraków, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• In Lublin:
  • Lithuanian Square (Plac Litewski)
  • Łokietek Square (Plac Łokietka)
  • Market Square (Rynek)
• In Łódź:
  • Old Town Square (Stary Rynek)
  • Red Square (Czerwony Rynek)
• Freedom Square (Plac Wolności) – Olecko, largest market square in Poland
• Old Market Square (Stary Rynek) – Poznań
• Plac Grunwaldzki – Szczecin
• In Toruń:
  • Old Town Market Square (Rynek Staromiejski), UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • New Town Market Square (Rynek Nowomiejski), UNESCO World Heritage Site

• In Warsaw:
  • Old Town Market Place, UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Plac Bankowy (Bank Square)
  • Plac Defilad (Parade Square)
  • Plac Grunwaldzki
  • Constitution Square (Plac Konstytucji)
  • Warsaw Insurgents Square (Plac Powstańców Warszawy)
  • Plac Piłsudskiego (Piłsudski Square)
  • Plac Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses Square)
  • Plac Wilsona (Wilson Square)
  • Plac Zamkowy (Castle Square), UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Plac Zbawiciela (Savior Square)
• Wrocław
  • Grunwald Square (Plac Grunwaldzki)
  • Market Square (Rynek)
  • Salt Market Square (Plac Solny)
• Great Market Square (Rynek Wielki) – Zamość, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Portugal

• Praça do Giraldo – Évora
• In Lisbon:
  • Praça do Império
  • Praça do Comércio
  • Rossio
  • Restauradores Square
  • Praça da Figueira
  • Chiado
• Rotunda da Boavista – Oporto
• Praça do Almada – Póvoa de Varzim
• Passeio Alegre – Póvoa de Varzim
• Praça da Liberdade – Porto

Romania

• University Square, Bucharest
• Union Square, Bucharest
• Constitution Square, Bucharest
• Victory Square, Bucharest
• Roman Square, Bucharest
• Revolution Square, Bucharest
• United Nations Square, Bucharest
• Charles de Gaulle Square, Bucharest
• George Enescu Square, Bucharest
• Obor Square, Bucharest
• South Square, Bucharest
• Arch of Triumph Square, Bucharest
• Free Press Square, Bucharest
• New Times Square, Bucharest
• Rosetti Square, Bucharest
• Piața Sfatului, Brașov
• Union Square, Cluj-Napoca
• Great Square, Sibiu
• Small Square, Sibiu
• Union Square, Alba Iulia
• Freedom Square, Timișoara
• Union Square, Timișoara

Russia

• In Moscow:
  • Red Square
  • Sobornaya Square
  • Lubyanka Square
  • Manezhnaya Square
  • Pushkinskaya Square
  • Komsomolskaya Square
  • Theatral Square
• In St Petersburg:
  • Palace Square
  • Decembrists Square
  • St Isaac's Square
  • Field of Mars
  • Uprising Square

Serbia

• Republic Square – Belgrade
• Nikola Pašić Square – Belgrade
• Students' Square – Belgrade
• Terazije – Belgrade^[19]

Slovakia

• Hlavné námestie – Bratislava
• Hviezdoslavovo námestie – Bratislava
• Námestie Nežnej revolúcie - Bratislava
• Námestie Slobody - Bratislava
• Námestie SNP - Banská Bystrica
• Námestie SNP - Bratislava

Slovenia

• Congress Square – Ljubljana
• Prešeren Square – Ljubljana
• Tartini Square – Piran

Spain

• Plaça de Catalunya – Barcelona
• Plaça Sant Jaume – Barcelona
• Plaça d'Espanya – Barcelona
• Plaça Reial – Barcelona
• Plaza Mayor – Madrid
• Puerta del Sol – Madrid
• Plaza de España – Madrid
• Plaza de Colón – Madrid
• Plaza del Castillo – Pamplona
• Plaza Mayor – Salamanca
• Praza do Obradoiro – Santiago de Compostela
• Plaza de España – Seville
• Plaza de San Francisco – Seville
• Plaza de Zocodover – Toledo
• Plaza Mayor – Valladolid
• Plaza del Pilar – Zaragoza

Sweden

• Götaplatsen – Gothenburg
• Järntorget – Gothenburg
• Kungsportsplatsen – Gothenburg
• Stortorget, Karlskrona
• Gustav Adolfs torg, Stockholm
• Medborgarplatsen – Stockholm
• Norrmalmstorg – Stockholm
• Sergels torg – Stockholm

Switzerland

• Rathausplatz – Aarau
• Barfüsserplatz – Basel
• Münsterplatz – Basel
• Bubenbergplatz – Bern
• Bundesplatz – Bern
• Helvetiaplatz – Bern
• Kornplatz – Chur
• Place Georges-Python – Fribourg
• Place du Bourg-de-Four – Geneva
• Place Neuve – Geneva
• Plaine de Plainpalais – Geneva
• Place de la Palud – Lausanne
• Place St-François – Lausanne
• Piazza Grande – Locarno
• Piazza Riforma – Lugano
• Place des Halles – Neuchâtel
• Place Pury – Neuchâtel
• Lindenhof – Rapperswil
• Marktplatz – St. Gallen
• In Zürich:
  • Bellevueplatz
  • Lindenhof
  • Münsterhof
  • Neumarkt
  • Paradeplatz
  • Sechseläutenplatz
  • Zürichhorn

Turkey

• Taksim Square – Istanbul
• Sultanahmet Square – Istanbul

Ukraine

• Freedom Square – Kharkiv
• Freedom Square – Kherson
• Maidan Nezalezhnosti – Kyiv
• European Square – Kyiv
• Ploshcha Rynok – Lviv
• Semi-Circular Square – Odesa

United Kingdom

England

• In Birmingham:
  • Brunswick Square
  • Centenary Square
  • Central Square
  • Chamberlain Square
  • Millennium Square
  • Oozells Square
  • Old Square
  • Priory Square
  • Rotunda Square
  • St Paul's Square
  • St Philip's Square
  • Victoria Square
  • The Water's Edge
• Centenary Square – Bradford
• Millennium Square – Bristol
• Portland Square – Bristol
• Queen Square – Bristol
• Queen Square – Bath
• Piece Hall – Halifax
• In Leeds
  • Armouries Square
  • City Square
  • Dortmund Square
  • Hanover Square
  • Merrion Street Gardens
  • Millennium Square
  • Oakwood Square
  • Park Square
  • Pennypocket Park
  • Queen Square
  • Victoria Gardens
  • Woodhouse Square
• St Mark's Square – Lincoln
• In Liverpool:
  • Abercromby Square
  • Concert Square
  • Derby Square
  • Falkner Square
  • St Paul's Square
  • Williamson Square
  • Wolstenholme Square
  • St John's Gardens
• In London:
  • Covent Market
  • Horse Guards Parade
  • Leicester Square
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Trafalgar Square
• In Manchester:
  • Albert Square
  • Angel Square
  • Cathedral Gardens
  • Exchange Square
  • Hardman Square
  • Lincoln Square
  • Parsonage Gardens
  • Piccadilly Gardens
  • Shambles Square
  • St Anne's Square
  • St John's Gardens
  • St Peter's Square
  • Stephenson Square
  • Whitworth Gardens (also known as Sackville Gardens)
• Station Square – Milton Keynes
• Queen's Court – Milton Keynes
• Eldon Square – Newcastle upon Tyne
• Market Square – Northampton
• Old Market Square – Nottingham
• In Sheffield:
  • Castle Square
  • Fargate
  • Fitzalan Square
  • Hallam Square
  • Leopold Square
  • Millennium Square
  • Orchard Square
  • Paradise Square
  • Peace Gardens
  • Sheaf Square
  • Tudor Square
• Sunderland
  • Keel Square
• St Georges Square – Sutton Coldfield
• Lemon Quay – Truro
• In York:
  • Exhibition Square
  • King's Square
  • St Helen's Square
  • St Sampson's Square

Northern Ireland

• The Diamond – Enniskillen

Scotland

• George Square – Glasgow
• St Enoch Square – Glasgow
• Royal Exchange Square – Glasgow
• Cathedral Square – Glasgow
• City Square – Dundee

Wales

• • Central Square – Cardiff Callaghan Square – Cardiff
• Roald Dahl Plass – Cardiff
• Castle Square – Swansea
• St Mary's Square – Swansea
• Mount Stuart Square – Cardiff

Vatican City

• St Peter's Square

North America

Barbados

• National Heroes Square – Bridgetown
• Independence Square – Bridgetown

Canada

• Garden Square – Brampton, Ontario
• Olympic Plaza – Calgary, Alberta
• Churchill Square – Edmonton, Alberta
• Grand Parade – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Celebration Square – Mississauga, Ontario
• In Montreal, Quebec:
  • Phillips Square
  • Place D'Youville
  • Place Émilie-Gamelin
  • Place Jacques-Cartier
  • Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
  • Victoria Square, Montreal
  • Saint-Louis Square
• Confederation Square – Ottawa, Ontario
• Civic Plaza – Prince George, British Columbia
• Place D'Youville – Quebec City, Quebec
• In Toronto, Ontario:
  • Albert Campbell Square
  • Mel Lastman Square
  • Nathan Phillips Square
  • Pecaut Square
  • Trinity Square
  • Yonge-Dundas Square
• In Vancouver, British Columbia:
  • Robson Square
  • Victory Square
• In Victoria, British Columbia:
  • Confederation Garden Court
  • Bastion Square
  • Market Square
• In Winnipeg, Manitoba:
  • The Forks Market Plaza
  • Old Market Square
  • Portage and Main

Cuba

• Parque Marti – Cienfuegos^[20]
• In Havana:
  • Plaza de Armas^[21]
  • Plaza de la Catedral^[22]
  • Plaza de San Francisco^[23]
  • Plaza Vieja^[24]
  • Revolution Square
• Plazuela de Segarte – Trinidad^[25]
• Plazuela del Jigüe – Trinidad^[26]
• Plaza Mayor – Trinidad^[27]

Haiti

• Place Boyer – Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince
• Place Saint-Pierre – Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince

Mexico

• Plaza de la Constitución – Mexico City
• Macroplaza – Monterrey

Puerto Rico

• Plaza Colón – Mayagüez
• In Ponce:
  • Plaza Degetau
  • Plaza Las Delicias
  • Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera
• In San Juan:
  • Plaza de Armas
  • Plaza Colón

Trinidad and Tobago

• Independence Square – Port of Spain

United States

• Empire State Plaza – Albany, New York
• Arcata Plaza – Arcata, California^[28]
• Kenmore Square – Boston, Massachusetts
• Colony Square – Atlanta, Georgia
• Copley Square – Boston, Massachusetts
• Post Office Square – Boston, Massachusetts
• Freedom Square – Boston, Massachusetts
• Lafayette Square – Buffalo, New York
• Niagara Square – Buffalo, New York
• Harvard Square – Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Inman Square – Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Kendall Square – Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Daley Plaza – Chicago, Illinois
• Public Square – Cleveland, Ohio
• Capitol Square – Columbus, Ohio
• Fountain Square – Cincinnati, Ohio
• Dealey Plaza – Dallas, Texas
• Campus Martius Park – Detroit, Michigan
• Old Town Square – Fort Collins, Colorado
• Market Square – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Monument Circle – Indianapolis, Indiana
• Bergen Square and Journal Square – Jersey City, New Jersey
• Market Square – Knoxville, Tennessee
• Pershing Square – Los Angeles, California
• Peavey Plaza – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Public Square, Nelsonville – Nelsonville, Ohio
• New Haven Green – New Haven, Connecticut
• Jackson Square – New Orleans, Louisiana
• In New York City, New York:
  • Cadman Plaza
  • Chatham Square
  • Cooper Square
  • Grand Army Plaza
  • Hanover Square
  • Austin J. Tobin Plaza (destroyed in the September 11 attacks)^[29]
  • Herald Square
  • Korean War Veterans Plaza
  • Lincoln Square
  • Madison Square
  • Times Square
  • Union Square
  • Washington Square
  • Worth Square
• In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
  • Market Square
  • Schenley Plaza
• In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
  • Franklin Square
  • Rittenhouse Square
  • Logan Square (Philadelphia)
  • Washington Square
• Pioneer Courthouse Square – Portland, Oregon
• Kennedy Plaza – Providence, Rhode Island
• Alamo Plaza – San Antonio, Texas
• Main Plaza – San Antonio, Texas
• Alamo Square – San Francisco, California
• Civic Center Plaza – San Francisco, California
• Ghirardelli Square – San Francisco, California
• Portsmouth Square – San Francisco, California
• Union Square – San Francisco, California
• Bergen Place – Seattle, Washington^[30]
• Pioneer Square - Seattle, Washington
• Red Square – Seattle, Washington
• Davis Square – Somerville, Massachusetts
• Porter Square – Somerville, Massachusetts
• Sullivan Square – Somerville, Massachusetts
• Union Square – Somerville, Massachusetts
• Court Square – Springfield, Massachusetts
• Stearns Square – Springfield, Massachusetts
• Sugar Land Town Square – Sugar Land, Texas
• Clinton Square – Syracuse, New York
• Taunton Green – Taunton, Massachusetts
• Farragut Square – Washington, D.C.
• L'Enfant Plaza – Washington, D.C.
• McPherson Square – Washington, D.C.
• Mount Vernon Square – Washington, D.C.
• Public Square – Watertown, New York
• Woodstock Square – Woodstock, Illinois
• Getty Square – Yonkers, New York
• Santa Fe Plaza – Santa Fe, New Mexico

South America

Argentina

• In Buenos Aires
  • Plaza de Mayo
  • Plaza de la Republica
  • Plaza Miserere
  • Plaza San Martin
  • Plaza Constitucion
  • Parque Lezama
• In Rosario
  • Plaza 25 de Mayo
  • National Flag Park
  • Parque Alem
  • Plaza Montenegro
  • Plaza San Martin

Brazil

• Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Square) – Brasília
• Praça dos Girassóis (Square of the Sunflowers) – Palmas
• Praça da República – Rio de Janeiro
• Praça Quinze de Novembro – Rio de Janeiro
• Largo da Carioca – Rio de Janeiro
• Praça da República – São Paulo
• Praça da Sé – São Paulo
• Pátio do Colégio – São Paulo

Chile

• Plaza de la Independencia – Concepción
• Plaza de Armas – Santiago
• Plaza Italia – Santiago
• Plaza Victoria – Valparaíso

Colombia

• Plaza de Bolívar – Bogotá

Ecuador

• Plaza de La Independencia – Quito

Paraguay

• Plaza de Armas – Asunción

Peru

• Plaza de Armas – Lima

Venezuela

• Bolívar Square – Caracas
• Plaza Bolívar – Valencia

See also

• List of city squares by size
• Plaza de Armas

Notes and References

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3. http://www.urbansquares.com/belgium01.html Handschoenmarkt, Antwerpen, Belgium
4. http://www.urbansquares.com/belgium02.html Grote markt, Antwerpen, Belgium
5. http://www.urbansquares.com/belgium04.html St. Jans Vliet, Antwerpen, Belgium
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8. Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011,
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26. Web site: urbansquares.com 08 Cuba. https://web.archive.org/web/20070810042517/http://www.urbansquares.com/cuba08.html . dead . August 10, 2007.
27. Web site: urbansquares.com 09 Cuba. https://web.archive.org/web/20070912203801/http://www.urbansquares.com/cuba09.html . dead . September 12, 2007.
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29. Web site: Buyukozturk . Oral . Ulm . Franz-Josef . 2021 . Materials and structures . September 5, 2024 . MIT.
30. Web site: Bergen Place - Parks | seattle.gov. www.seattle.gov.