List of city squares by size

This article lists the largest city squares, ordered by area. Areas given are as noted in the articles or the reference provided, but may not be directly comparable.

City square City Country Area[1] Dimensions Notes
Lapangan Merdeka (Freedom Square) Jakarta Indonesia 1,000,000 m² approx.
Praça dos Girassóis (Square of the Sunflowers) Palmas, Tocantins Brazil 570,000 m² approx. approx. 833-802 m by 718-643 m [2]
Tiananmen Square Beijing China 440,000 m² 880 m by 500 m ‡
Macroplaza Monterrey Mexico 400,000 m² ‡
India Gate Complex New Delhi India 306,600 m² approx. 625m diameter
Parade Square Warsaw Poland 240,000 m² approx. 600 m by 400 m
Kuybyshev Square Samara Russia 174,000 m²
Universitetskaya Square Moscow Russia 130,000 m² 930 m by 140 m
Moskovskaya Square St. Petersburg Russia 130,000 m² 640 m by 205 m(?)
Place des Quinconces Bordeaux France 126,000 m²
Republic Square Almaty Kazakhstan 121,800 m² 580 m by 210 m
Freedom Square Kharkov Ukraine 119,000 m² 690-750m by 96-125m
Sanam Luang Bangkok Thailand 114,000 m²
Millennium Park Chicago United States 99,000 m² ‡
Unirii Square Bucharest Romania 97,000 m²
Tysyacheletiya (Millennium) Square Kazan Russia 90,000 m² 510 m by 130–250 m
Prato della Valle Padua Italy 90,000 m² ‡
Plaza de Balcarce Balcarce Argentina 90,000 m² 300 m by 300 m
Naghsh-e Jahan Square Isfahan Iran 89,600 m² 560 m by 160 m [3]
Djemaa el Fna Marrakesh Morocco 86,600 m² 240 m by 363 m
Place de la Concorde Paris France 86,400 m² 240 m by 360 m
Spianada Corfu Greece 84,000 m² 412 m by 204 m
Charles Square Prague Czech Republic 80,550 m² 510 m by 130 m
Museumplein Amsterdam Netherlands 79,000 m²
Odori Park Sapporo Japan 78,900 m² approx.55 m by 1430 m
Praça do Império Lisbon Portugal 78,400 m² 280 m by 280 m
Gelebe square Baku Azerbaijan 78,300 m² 290 m by 270 m
Plaine de Plainpalais Geneva Switzerland 78,135 m² rhombus of 640 m by 200 m
Bayi Square (August 1st Square) Nanchang China 78,000 m²
Sukhbaatar Square Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 76,000 m²
Kim Il-sung Square Pyongyang North Korea 75,000 m² [4]
Tahrir square Cairo Egypt 74,000 m²
Victory Square Vitebsk Belarus 72,200 m²
Plaza de la Revolucion Havana Cuba 72,000 m²
Independence Square Minsk Belarus 70,000 m²
The Square Palmerston North New Zealand 70,000 m²
Plaza Moreno La Plata Argentina 66,700 m² 230 m by 290 m
Kontraktova Square Kiev Ukraine 65,000 m²
Azadliq Square Baku Azerbaijan 62,700 m² 570 m by 110 m
Place Bellecour Lyon France 62,400 m² 312 m by 200 m
Town Market Square Olecko Poland 60,280 m² 212 m by 220 m by 336 m by 253 m [5]
Ba Dinh Square Hanoi Vietnam 60,000 m² 400 m by 150 m
Piazza Garibaldi Naples Italy 60,000 m²
Victoria Square Adelaide Australia 58,000 m² 161 m by 322 m
Plaza de la Constitución Mexico City Mexico 57,600 m² 240 m by 240 m [6]
Kikar hamedina Tel Aviv Israel 55,000 m² 132.5 m by 265 m
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II Rome Italy 55,000 m² 316 m by 174 m
Yakub Kolas Square Minsk Belarus 52,000 m²
Plaça de Catalunya Barcelona Spain 50,000 m² approx. [7]
Palace Square St. Petersburg Russia 50,000 m² [8]
Azadi Square (Freedom Square) Tehran Iran 50,000 m² ‡
Central square Ganja Azerbaijan 48,300 m² 420 m by 110 m
Námestie SNP Zvolen Slovakia 48,000 m²
Railway Terminal Square Minsk Belarus 48,000 m²
Marktplatz Heide Germany 47,000 m²
Wenceslas Square Prague Czech Republic 45,000 m² 750 m by 60 m ‡
Place du Pâtis Montargis France 45,000 m²
Place de l'Étoile Paris France 45,000 m² approx. diameter of 240.86 m
Xinghai Square Dalian China 45,000 m² ‡
Erzsébet tér Budapest Hungary 43,200 m² approx Approx 240m by 180m
Main Market Square Krakow Poland 41,340 m² 212 m by 195 m
Piazza del Duomo Milan Italy 40,200 m² approx.
Deák tér Sopron Hungary 40,000 m² 870 m by 46 m (The longest square in Central Europe)
Plaza 25 de Mayo Resistencia Argentina 40,000 m² 200 m by 200 m
Rabin Square Tel Aviv Israel 40,000 m² approx. 160 m by 250 m
Augustusplatz Leipzig Germany 40,000 m²
Piazza Vittorio Veneto Turin Italy 40,000 m² approx. 360 m by 111 m [9]
Place Viger Montreal Canada 40,000 m² 400 m by 100 m
Victory Square Minsk Belarus 39,375 m²
Schloßplatz Berlin Germany 39,375 m²
Washington Square Park New York City United States 39,000 m² ‡
Masarykovo Namesti Jihlava Czech Republic 36,653 m² [10]
Square of the 56-ers Budapest Hungary 36,500 m² approx Approx 730m by 50m (excluding Heroes' Square)
Taksim Square Istanbul Turkey 35,949 m²
Rynek Wrocław Poland 35,604 m² 207 m by 172 m
Unirii Square, Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Romania 35,200 m² 220 m by 162 m
Kungsträdgården Stockholm Sweden 35,000 m² 350 m by 100 m
Place de Jaude Clermont-Ferrand France 35,000 m²
Domplatz Erfurt Germany 34,500 m²
Place Denfert-Rochereau Paris France 32,000 m² approx. 220 m by 145 m
Grote Markt Sint-Niklaas Belgium 31,900 m²
Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque Porto Portugal 31,416 m² ‡
Franklin Square Philadelphia United States 31700 m² [11]
Logan Square Philadelphia United States 31700 m² [11]
Plaza de España Seville Spain 31,000 m²
Praça do Comércio Lisbon Portugal 30,600 m² 175 m by 175 m
Lincoln's Inn Fields London United Kingdom 28,000 m² approx. Approx. 200 m by 140 m
Russell Square Perth Australia 27,360 m² approx. Approx. 228 m by 120 m
Neumarkt Cologne Germany 27,300 m² approx. Approx. 250 m by 110 m
Plaza de la Fé Juan Pablo II Managua Nicaragua 27,214 m² [12]
Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia United States 31700 m² [11]
Washington Square Philadelphia United States 31700 m² [11]
Square of the Republic Pilsen Czech Republic 26,827 m² 193 m by 139 m
Praça dos Três Poderes Brasília Brazil 26,400 m² 120 m by 220 m ‡
Rynek Pułtusk Poland 25,636 m² 377 m by 68 m
Heroes' Square Budapest Hungary 25,600 m² approx Approx 160m by 160m
Place Jean-Jaurès Marseille France 25,220 m²
Piazza del Plebiscito Naples Italy 25,000 m² approx.
Syntagma Square Athens Greece 23,336 m² 156 m by 156 m
Red Square Moscow Russia 23,100 m² 330 m by 70 m
St. Peter's Square Vatican City Vatican 22,783 m² ellipse dimensions 196 m by 148 m [13]
Plaza del Pilar Zaragoza Spain 22,000 m² approx. [14]
Old Market Square Nottingham United Kingdom 22,000 m² approx. [14]
Karlovo náměstí (Charles square) Třebíč Czech Republic 22,000 m² approx. cca 360m by 60m
Dam Square Amsterdam Netherlands 20,000 m² approx. 200 m by 100 m
Grand'Place Arras France 20,000 m² approx. 200 m by 100 m
Stary Rynek Poznań Poland 19,881 m² 141 m by 141 m [15]
Plaza de Mayo Buenos Aires Argentina 19,713 m²
Place des Vosges Paris France 19,600 m² 140 m by 140 m
Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Peru Cusco Peru 19,376 m² 173 m by 112 m
Macedonia Square Skopje Macedonia 18.500 m² n/a
Market Square Lviv Ukraine 18,300 m² 142 m by 129 m
Vagzal Squares Baku Azerbaijan 18,150 m² 330 m by 55 m
Place de la Riponne Lausanne Switzerland 18,000 m² 200 m by 90 m
Place du Canada Montreal Canada 17,800 m² 200 m by 89 m
Rynek Zakliczyn Poland 17,544 m² 172 m by 102 m
Plac Wolności Poznań Poland 17,425 m² 205 m by 85 m
Přemysl Otakar II Square Budweis Czech Republic 17,000 m² [16]
Peace Square (Mírové náměstí) Litoměřice Czech Republic 17,000 m²
Rynek Nowy Sącz Poland 16,610 m² 151 m by 110 m
Piazza dei Martiri Carpi Italy 16,560 m² 276 m by 60 m
Terreiro do Paço Vila Viçosa Portugal 16,000 m² approx [17]
Alexanderplatz Berlin Germany 15,000 m²
Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark 15,000 m²
Turbinenplatz Zurich Switzerland 14,000 m²
Plaza Principal Villa de Leyva Colombia 14,000 m²
Columbus Circle New York City United States 13,750 m²
Riva Split Croatia 13,500 m² approx. 300 m by 45 m
Piazza del Popolo Rome Italy 13,500 m² approx. 150 m by 90 m
Námestie baníkov Rožňava Slovakia 13,500 m² approx. 115 m by 115 m
Place Stanislas Nancy France 13,250 m² 125 m by 106 m
Ban Jelačić Square Zagreb Croatia 13,125 m² 175 m by 75 m
Altmarkt Dresden Germany 13,000 m² approx. approx. 130 m by 100 m
Rynek Żelechów Poland 12,996 m² 114 m by 114 m
Piazza San Marco Venice Italy 12,128 m² Trapezoidal dimensions: 175 m long, 56.6 m and 82 m wide [18]
Plaza Mayor Madrid Spain 12,126 m² 129 m by 94 m
Trafalgar Square London United Kingdom 12,100 m² 110 m by 110 m [19]
Dóm tér Szeged Hungary 12,000 m²
Place du Capitole Toulouse France 12,000 m² 120 m by 100 m
George Square Glasgow United Kingdom 11,250 m² 125 m by 90 m
Piazza Unità d'Italia Trieste Italy 10,368 m² [20]
Grote Markt Bruges Belgium 10,000 m² approx. [21]
Rynek Wielki Zamość Poland 10,000 m² 100 m by 100 m
Place Émilie-Gamelin Montreal Canada 10,000 m² 100 m by 100 m
Piazza del Duomo L'Aquila Italy 9,800 m² approx. 140 m by 70 m
Old Market Square Trzebiatów Poland 9,780 m² 104 m by 94 m
Union Square San Francisco United States 9,600 m² 120 m by 80 m
Dizengoff Square Tel Aviv Israel 9,025 m² 95 m by 95 m
Old Town Square Prague Czech Republic 9,000 m²
Vabaduse väljak Tallinn Estonia 7,752 m² approx. 110 m by 75 m
Piazza della Repubblica Florence Italy 7,500 m² approx. 100 m by 75 m
Davidka Square Jerusalem Israel 7,500 m² approx. 100 m by 75 m
Zion Square Jerusalem Israel 7,200 m² approx. 100 m by 72 m
Raekoja plats Tartu Estonia 6,034 m² approx. 180 m by 30 m
Münsterplatz Konstanz Germany 6,000 m²
Raekoja plats Tallinn Estonia 5,550 m² approx. approx. 75 m by 75 m

See also

Notes

‡ see corresponding article

  1. ^ May not be directly comparable
  2. ^ "Praça dos Girassóis (Square of the Sunflowers) in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil". http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-10.1845617&lon=-48.3336452&z=16&l=0&m=b&v=8. 
  3. ^ "Imam Square - Great Public Spaces | Project for Public Spaces". PPS. http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=672. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  4. ^ "Pyongyang Tourism Images Gallery". Newkoreatours.com. http://www.newkoreatours.com/pyongyang_tours.html. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  5. ^ "Town Market Square in Olecko". http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.0370518&lon=22.5051391&z=16&l=28&m=b&gz=0;225027788;540360311;214;20162;20492;35031;48709;24194;18024;0;0;20099. 
  6. ^ "Plaza de la Constitucion". http://www.planetware.com/mexico-city/zocalo-plaza-de-la-constitucion-mex-df-z.htm. 
  7. ^ "La Rambla". Barcelona-on-line.es. http://www.barcelona-on-line.es/eng/turisme/bcn_rambla.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  8. ^ Greenpeace. "Criminal Case to be Filed against the Authorities of St. Petersburg". http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/en/press/releases/criminal-case-to-be-filed-agai. 
  9. ^ "extra-torino :: The guide of Torino". http://www.extratorino.it/ENG/scheda.php?ID=108. 
  10. ^ Official website of the city of Jihlava. "The town square". http://tic.jihlava.cz/EN/vismo/o_utvar.asp?id_org=100405&id_u=1036&p1=1016. 
  11. ^ a b c d Scharf, John Thomas (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Volume 3. L.H. Everts. p. 1761. 
  12. ^ Ed Manfutt. "Plaza de la Fe". Manfut.org. http://www.manfut.org/monumentos/plaza-fe.html. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  13. ^ "St. Peter's". http://www.essential-architecture.com/ROME/RO-016.htm. 
  14. ^ a b "Nottinghamshire record breakers". http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/facts/record_breakers.shtml. 
  15. ^ http://www.waytopoland.com/e4u.php/1,ModPages/ShowPage/687
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  17. ^ "7 Maravilhas de Vila Viçosa: Terreiro do Paço". 7maravilhasdevilavicosa.blogspot.com. http://7maravilhasdevilavicosa.blogspot.com/2007/02/terreiro-do-pao.html. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  18. ^ "St Marks Square, Venice". Planetware.com. http://www.planetware.com/venice/st-marks-square-i-vn-vpsm.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  19. ^ "FreePint Bar: Trafalgar Square - how big?". Web.freepint.com. 2005-11-03. http://web.freepint.com/forum/bar/read.php?i=35454. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  20. ^ "Trieste Things to Do Tips by Mikebond". Members.virtualtourist.com. http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/14738/22802/4/. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  21. ^ "VR Zone". VirtualBruges. http://www.virtualbruges.com/vrzone/pan019.html. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
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