List of city squares

The following is a partial list of prominent city squares:

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Africa

Egypt

Tahrir Square – Cairo

Morocco

Djemaa el Fna – Marrakech

South Africa

Ghana

Independence Square – Accra

Zimbabwe

Asia

China

Hong Kong

India

Dalhousie Square – Kolkata

Indonesia

Medan Merdeka (Merdeka Square) – Jakarta

Iran

Nepal

Asan – Kathmandu
Maru – Kathmandu
Indra Chok – Kathmandu

Philippines

Bacolod Public Plaza, Fountain of Justice – Bacolod
Plaza Independencia – Cebu City
In Manila:

Thailand

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

Vietnam

Ba Dinh Square – Hanoi

Australia and Oceania

Australia

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
The Square – Palmerston North
Civic Square – Wellington

Europe

Albania

Skanderbeg Square – Tirana

Armenia

Republic Square – Yerevan

Azerbaijan

Freedom Square – Baku
Azneft Square – Baku

Austria

Heldenplatz – 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:
- 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)
- 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)
- Macedonia Square

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
- Marshal Tito 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:

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)
Market Square – Oulu
Tampere Central Square (Keskustori) – Tampere
Market Square – Turku

France

Place des Quinconces – Bordeaux
Grand'Place – Lille
Place Bellecour – Lyon
Place de la Comédie – Montpellier
Place Stanislas – Nancy
Place Masséna – Nice
Place des Heros Arras
In Paris:
- Place de la Bastille
- Place de la Concorde
- 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:
Domshof – Bremen
Marktplatz – Bremen
In Cologne:
- Alter Markt
- Fischmarkt
- Heumarkt
- Neumarkt
- Rathausplatz
- Rudolfplatz
In Dortmund:
- Borsigplatz
- Friedensplatz
- Hansaplatz
- Nordmarkt
- Alter Markt
Altmarkt – Dresden
Neumarkt – Dresden
Schlossplatz – Dresden
Opernplatz – Frankfurt
Römerberg – Frankfurt
Spielbudenplatz – Hamburg
Marktplatz – Hildesheim
Augustusplatz – Leipzig
In Munich:
- Karlsplatz (Stachus)
- Königsplatz
- Marienplatz
- Max-Joseph-Platz
- Münchner Freiheit
- Odeonsplatz
- Viktualienmarkt
- Wittelsbacher Platz

Gibraltar

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

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:
Eyre Square – Galway

Italy

Piazza del Popolo – Ascoli Piceno
Piazza Vecchia – Bergamo
Piazza Maggiore – Bologna
Piazza della Loggia – Brescia
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 del Duomo – Messina
Piazza Grande – Modena
Piazza del Plebiscito – Naples
Piazza Dante – Naples
Piazza dei Martiri – Naples
Piazza Cavalli – Piacenza
Piazza dei Miracoli – Pisa
Piazza delle Gondole – Pisa
Knights' Square (Pisa) – Pisa
Prato della Valle – Padua
Quattro Canti – 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
- it:Piazza Palazzo di Città
- it:Piazza San Carlo
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)
- it:Piazza Statuto
Piazza San Marco – Venice
Piazza delle Erbe – Verona
Piazza Bra – Verona
Piazza dei Signori – Vicenza

Luxembourg

Place Guillaume II – Luxembourg City
Place des Martyrs – Luxembourg City

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

Montenegro

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

Netherlands

Further information: List of squares in Amsterdam

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

Norway

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

Poland

Main Market Square – Kraków
Old Town Square – Łódź
Red Square – Łódź
Plac Grunwaldzki – Szczecin
In Warsaw:
- Old Town Market Place
- Plac Bankowy (Bank Square)
- Plac Defilad (Parade Square)
- Plac Grunwaldzki
- Plac Konstytucji (Constitution Square)
- Plac Powstańców Warszawy (Warsaw Uprising Square)
- Plac Piłsudskiego (Piłsudski Square)
- Plac Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses Square)
- Plac Wilsona (Wilson Square)
- Plac Zamkowy (Castle Square)
- Plac Zbawiciela (Savior Square)
Plac Grunwaldzki, Wrocław – Wrocław
Market Square – Wrocław

Portugal

Romania

University Square – Bucharest
Unirii Square – Bucharest

Russia

Serbia

Republic Square – Belgrade
Nikola Pašić Square – Belgrade
Students' Square – Belgrade
Terazije – Belgrade ^[18]

Slovakia

Hlavné námestie – Bratislava
Hviezdoslavovo námestie – Bratislava

Slovenia

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 San Francisco – Seville
Plaza de Zocodover – Toledo
Plaza Mayor – Valladolid
Plaza del Pilar – Zaragoza

Sweden

Götaplatsen – Gothenburg
Järntorget – Gothenburg
Korsvägen – Gothenburg
Kungsportsplatsen – Gothenburg
Norrmalmstorg – Stockholm
Sergels Torg – Stockholm
Medborgarplatsen – Stockholm
Norrmalmstorg – 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:
- Bellevue
- Lindenhof
- Münsterhof
- Neumarkt
- Paradeplatz
- Sechseläutenplatz
- Zürichhorn

Turkey

Ukraine

Freedom Square – Kharkiv
Freedom Square – Kherson
Maidan Nezalezhnosti – Kiev
European Square – Kiev
Ploshcha Rynok – Lviv
Semi-Circular Square – Odessa

United Kingdom

England

For a full list of squares in London, see Category:Squares in London by borough

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
City Square – Leeds
Dortmund Square – Leeds
Park Square – Leeds
Millennium Square – Leeds
St Mark's Square – Lincoln
St John's Gardens – Liverpool
Trafalgar Square – London
Horse Guards Parade – London
Piccadilly Circus – London
Leicester Square – London
Covent Market
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

Northern Ireland

The Diamond – Enniskillen

Scotland

George Square – Glasgow

Wales

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

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:
Confederation Square – Ottawa, Ontario
Civic Plaza – Prince George, British Columbia
Place D'Youville – Quebec City, Quebec
In Toronto, Ontario:
Robson Square – Vancouver, British Columbia
Victory Square – Vancouver, British Columbia
Market Square – Victoria, British Columbia
In Winnipeg, Manitoba:

Cuba

Parque Marti – Cienfuegos^[19]
In Havana:
Plazuela de Segarte – Trinidad^[24]
Plazuela del Jigüe – Trinidad^[25]
Plaza Mayor – Trinidad^[26]

Haiti

Place Boyer – Pétionville, Port-au-Prince
Place Saint-Pierre – Pétionville, Port-au-Prince

Mexico

Plaza de la Constitución – Mexico City
Macroplaza – Monterrey

Trinidad and Tobago

Independence Square – Port-of-Spain

United States of America

Empire State Plaza – Albany, New York
Arcata Plaza - Arcata, California^[27]
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
Fountain Square – Cincinnati, Ohio
Public Square – Cleveland, 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
New Haven Green – New Haven, Connecticut
Jackson Square – New Orleans, Louisiana
In New York City, New York:
- Chatham Square
- Cooper Square
- Hanover Square
- Herald Square
- Lincoln Square
- Madison Square
- Times Square
- Union Square
- Washington Square
- Worth Square
Market Square – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
- Franklin Square
- Rittenhouse Square
- Logan Square (Philadelphia)
- Washington Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square – Portland, Oregon
Kennedy Plaza – Providence, Rhode Island
Portsmouth Square – San Francisco, California
Union Square – San Francisco, California
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

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
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

Peru

Plaza de Armas – Lima

Uruguay

Plaza Independencia and Plaza Matriz – Montevideo

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