List of city squares

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The following is a partial list of prominent city squares:

Contents 1 Asia 1.1 China 1.2 Iran 1.3 Thailand 1.4 North Korea 2 Europe 2.1 Armenia 2.2 Azerbaijan 2.3 Austria 2.4 Czech Republic 2.5 Denmark 2.6 France 2.7 Georgia 2.8 Germany 2.9 Greece 2.10 Hungary 2.11 Ireland 2.12 Italy 2.13 Luxembourg 2.14 Montenegro 2.15 Netherlands 2.16 Norway 2.17 Poland 2.18 Portugal 2.19 Romania 2.20 Russia 2.21 Serbia 2.22 Slovenia 2.23 Spain 2.24 Sweden 2.25 Switzerland 2.26 Turkey 2.27 Ukraine 2.28 United Kingdom 3 North America 3.1 Barbados 3.2 Canada 3.3 Mexico 3.4 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5 United States of America 4 South America 4.1 Argentina 4.2 Brazil 4.3 Chile 4.4 Peru 4.5 Uruguay 5 Africa 5.1 Morocco 5.2 South Africa 6 Australasia 6.1 Australia 6.2 New Zealand 7 See also

[edit] Asia

[edit] China

• Statue Square, Edinburgh Square, Connaught Place - Hong Kong
• Tian'anmen Square - Beijing

[edit] Iran

• Azadi Square - Tehran
• Naghsh-i Jahan Square - Isfahan

[edit] Thailand

• Siam Square - Bangkok

[edit] North Korea

• Kim Il Sung Square - Pyongyang

[edit] Europe

[edit] Armenia

• Republic Square - Yerevan

[edit] Azerbaijan

• Freedom Square - Baku
• Azneft Square - Baku

[edit] Austria

• Heldenplatz - Vienna

[edit] Czech Republic

• Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) - Prague
• Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) - Prague

[edit] Denmark

• Rådhuspladsen, Gammeltorv, Nytorv, Axeltorv, Amagertorv, Kongens Nytorv - Copenhagen

[edit] France

• Place de la Bastille, Place de la Concorde, Place Vendôme, Place de l'Étoile, Place des Vosges, Place du Tertre - Paris
• Place des Quinconces - Bordeaux

[edit] Georgia

• Freedom Square - Tbilisi

[edit] Germany

• Potsdamer Platz, Schloßplatz, Alexanderplatz, John-F.-Kennedy-Platz - Berlin
• Marienplatz - Munich
• Hansaplatz, Friedensplatz, Borsigplatz - Dortmund

[edit] Greece

• Syntagma Square - Athens

[edit] Hungary

• Heroes' Square - Budapest

See also Category:Streets and squares of Budapest

[edit] Ireland

• Merrion Square - Dublin

[edit] Italy

• Campo dei Miracoli - Pisa
• Piazza Maggiore - Bologna
• Piazza del Plebiscito - Naples
• Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza Navona - Rome
• Piazza della Signoria - Florence
• Piazza del Campo - Siena
• Saint Peter's Square - Vatican City
• St Mark's Square - Venice
• Piazza delle Erbe - Verona
• Prato della Valle - Padua

[edit] Luxembourg

• Place Guillaume II, Place des Martyrs - Luxembourg City

[edit] Montenegro

• Court Square - Cetinje

[edit] Netherlands

• Dam Square - Amsterdam

[edit] Norway

• Rådhusplassen - Oslo

[edit] Poland

• Rynek Główny - Kraków
• Piłsudski Square - Warsaw

[edit] Portugal

• Giraldo Square - Évora
• Praça do Comércio and Rossio - both in Lisbon

[edit] Romania

• University Square, Bucharest
• Revolution Square

[edit] Russia

• Red Square, Sobornaya Square, Lubyanka Square, Manege Square, Pushkin Square, Komsomolskaya Square, Theatral Square - Moscow
• Palace Square, Decembrists Square, St Isaac's Square, Field of Mars, Uprising Square - St Petersburg

[edit] Serbia

• Republic Square - Belgrade
• Nikola Pašić Square - Belgrade
• Students' Square - Belgrade

[edit] Slovenia

• Preseren's Square - Ljubljana

[edit] Spain

• Plaça de Catalunya, Plaça d'Espanya, Plaça Reial - Barcelona
• Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Plaza de España - Madrid
• Plaza de España, Sevilla
• Zocodover - Toledo
• Obradoiro - Santiago de Compostela
• Plaza Mayor, Salamanca

[edit] Sweden

• Norrmalmstorg, Sergels Torg - Stockholm

[edit] Switzerland

• Barfüsserplatz - Basel
• Bellevue - Zurich
• Place du Bourg-de-Four - Geneva
• Bubenbergplatz - Berne
• Bundesplatz - Berne
• Place Georges-Python - Fribourg
• Place des Halles - Neuchâtel
• Helvetiaplatz - Berne
• Kornplatz - Chur
• Marktplatz - St. Gallen
• Münsterplatz - Basel
• Place Neuve - Geneva
• Place de la Palud - Lausanne
• Paradeplatz - Zurich
• Piazza Grande - Locarno
• Plaine de Plainpalais - Geneva
• Place Pury - Neuchâtel
• Rathausplatz - Aarau
• Piazza Riforma - Lugano
• Place St-François - Lausanne

[edit] Turkey

• Taksim Square - Istanbul

[edit] Ukraine

• Maidan Nezalezhnosti and European Square, Kiev
• Freedom Square, Kharkiv
• Semi-Circular Square, Odessa
• Ploshcha Rynok ('Market square'), Lviv

[edit] United Kingdom

• Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square - London
• Centenary Square - Bradford
• Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square, Victoria Square - Birmingham
• George Square - Glasgow
• City Square, Dortmund Square and Millennium Square - Leeds
• Albert Square, Exchange Square and Piccadilly Gardens - Manchester
• Old Market Square - Nottingham
• Castle Square and Fitzalan Square - Sheffield
• Queen Square and Portland Square- Bristol

[edit] North America

[edit] Barbados

• Trafalgar Square, Barbados - Bridgetown

[edit] Canada

• Churchill Square - Edmonton, Alberta
• Confederation Square - Ottawa, Ontario
• Dundas Square, Nathan Phillips Square, Mel Lastman Square, Maple Leaf Square (Under construction) - Toronto, Ontario
• Grand Parade - Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Place Jacques-Cartier, Place d'Armes, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Square Victoria - Montreal, Quebec

[edit] Mexico

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

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

• Independence Square (Port-of-Spain)

[edit] United States of America

• Campus Martius Park - Detroit, Michigan
• Kenmore Square and Copley Square and Post Office Square and Freedom Square - Boston, Massachusetts
• Market Square - Knoxville, Tennessee
• Harvard Square, Kendall Square and Davis Square - Cambridge, Massachusetts, Somerville, Massachusetts
• Harrisburg Square - Harrisburg, Illinois
• Jackson Square - New Orleans, Louisiana
• Times Square - New York City
• Rittenhouse Square - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pioneer Courthouse Square - Portland, Oregon
• Taunton Green - Taunton, Massachusetts
• Temple Square - Salt Lake City, Utah
• Union Square - San Francisco, California
• Sugar Land Town Square - Sugar Land, Texas
• McPherson Square - Washington, D.C.
• Fountain Square - Cincinnati, Ohio
• Public Square - Cleveland, Ohio

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

• Plaza de Mayo - Buenos Aires

[edit] Brazil

• Praça da República - São Paulo
• Pátio do Colégio - São Paulo
• Campo de Santana - Rio de Janeiro
• Largo da Carioca - Rio de Janeiro

[edit] Chile

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

[edit] Peru

• Plaza de Armas - Lima

[edit] Uruguay

• Plaza Independencia and Plaza Matriz - Montevideo

[edit] Africa

[edit] Morocco

• Djemaa el Fna - Marrakech

[edit] South Africa

• Church Square - Pretoria

[edit] Australasia

[edit] Australia

• Victoria Square, Adelaide
• Federation Square - Melbourne
• City Square, Melbourne
• Taylor Square - Sydney

[edit] New Zealand

• Aotea Square - Auckland
• Cathedral Square, Christchurch

[edit] See also

• List of city squares by size
• Plaza de Armas
• Victory Square/Ploshchad Pobedy
• Independence Square
• Victoria Square
• Plateia
• Cathedral Square/Piazza del Duomo
• Grote Markt