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This article lists the largest city squares, ordered by area. Area
Area

Area is a quantity expressing the two-dimensional size of a defined part of a surface, typically a region bounded by a closed curve. The term surface area refers to the total area of the exposed surface of a 3-dimensional solid, such as the sum of the areas of the exposed sides of a polyhedron....
s given are in square meters (m²) as noted in the articles or the reference provided, but may not be directly comparable.
City square City Country Area Dimensions Notes
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, People's Republic of China, named after the Tiananmen which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City....
 
Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
 
China 440,000 m² 880 m by 500 m
Macroplaza
Macroplaza

The Macroplaza or La Gran Plaza is a Town square or Plaza located in the heart of the city of Monterrey, Mexico.The Macroplaza was built in the early 1980s during the governorship of Alfonso Mart?nez Dom?nguez....
 
Monterrey
Monterrey

Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico state of Nuevo Le?n and a Monterrey of the same name. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" , Monterrey is an important industrial and business center....
 
Mexico 400,000 m²
Parade Square
Parade Square

Plac Defilad w Warszawie is a square in Warszawa-Sr?dmiescie. Located between ulica Swietokrzyska in the north, Aleje Jerozolimskie in the south, ulica Marszalkowska in the east and the monumental Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw from the west, it is one of Warsaw's central squares....
 
Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 
Poland 240,000 m² approx. 600 m by 400 m  
Grand Plaza Cahokia
Cahokia

Cahokia is the site of an ancient Native Americans in the United States city near Collinsville, Illinois, Illinois in the American Bottom floodplain, across the Mississippi River from St....
 Mounds
United States 190,000 m²
Kuybyshev Place Samara
Samara, Russia

Samara is list of cities and towns in Russia by population types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia, the Volga Federal District....
 
Russia 174,000 m²  
Place des Quinconces
Place des Quinconces

The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is the List of city squares by size city square in the European Union .It was laid out in 1820 on the site of Ch?teau Trompette, intended to prevent rebellion against the city....
 
Bordeaux
Bordeaux

is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
 
France 126,000 m²
Freedom Square
Freedom Square, Kharkiv

Freedom Square in Kharkiv is the List of city squares by size city-centre square in Europe.Originally named Dzerzhinsky Square after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police , it was renamed after Ukraine became independent in 1991....
 
Kharkiv
Kharkiv

Kharkiv , or Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine.It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the Capital of the Kharkiv Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkiv Oblast within the oblast....
 
Ukraine 119,000 m² 690-750m by 96-125m  
Prato della Valle
Prato della Valle

Prato della Valle is a 1 E4 m? elliptical square in Padova, Italy. It is the largest square in Italy, and List of city squares by size in Europe....
 
Padua
Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
 
Italy 90,000 m²
Plaza de Balcarce Balcarce
Balcarce, Buenos Aires

San Jos? de Balcarce is a city in Buenos Aires Province about 32 miles west of Mar del Plata with a population of approx 42,039 . It is the Cabecera of the Balcarce Partido ....
 
Argentina 90,000 m² 300 m by 300 m  
Naghsh-i Jahan Square
Naghsh-i Jahan Square

Naghsh-e Jahan Square , officially known as Imam Square , formerly known as Shah Square , situated at thecenter of Isfahan city, Iran....
 
Isfahan Iran 89,600 m² 560 m by 160 m
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde is one of the major squares in Paris, France. It is located in the city's VIIIe arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-?lys?es....
 
Paris France 86,400 m² 240 m by 360 m  
Spianada
Corfu

Corfu is a Greece list of islands of Greece in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and lies off the coast of Sarand?, Albania, from which it is separated by straits varying in breadth from 3 to 23 km , including one near ancient Butrint and a longer one west of Thesprotia....
 
Corfu Greece 84,000 m² 412 m by 204 m
Charles Square
Charles Square

Charles Square is a city square in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the List of city squares by size in the world. Founded in 1348 as the main square of the New Town by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, it was known as Cattle Market since the 15th century and finally named after its founder in 1848....
 
Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 
Czech Republic 80,550 m²
Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz

is a large Town square and transport hub in the Mitte district of Berlin, near the river Spree and the Berliner Dom. Berliners often call it simply Alex, referring to a larger neighborhood stretching from Mollstra?e in the northeast to Spandauer Stra?e and the City Hall in the southwest....
 
Berlin Germany 80,000 m²
Museumplein
Museumplein

The Museumplein is a Town square in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The square is called "Museum Square" because four museums are located around the square: the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Diamond Museum Amsterdam....
 
Amsterdam Netherlands 79,000 m²  
Praça do Império
Praça do Império

The Pra?a do Imp?rio is a city square in Lisbon, Portugal.It measures about 280 m by 280, plus adjacent areas, and is the largest square in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the largest in Europe....
 
Lisbon
Lisbon

Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
 
Portugal 78,400 m² 280 m by 280 m
Plaine de Plainpalais Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
 
Switzerland 78,135 m² rhombus of 640 m by 200 m
Bayi Square (August 1st Square) Nanchang China 78,000 m²  
Kim Il Sung Square Pyongyang North Korea 75,000 m²
Victory Square Vitebsk
Vitebsk

Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city....
 
Belarus 72,200 m²  
Plaza de la Revolucion
Plaza de la Revolucion

Plaza de la Revoluci?n is a municipality and a square in Havana, Cuba.The municipality stretches from the square down to the sea at the Malec?n, Havana and includes the Vedado district....
 
Havana Cuba 72,000 m²
Independence Square Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 
Belarus 70,000 m²
Kontraktova Square
Kontraktova Square

Kontraktova Square or Kontraktovaya Square is a square in the historic Podil Subdivisions of Kiev#Historical neighborhoods of Kiev , the capital of Ukraine....
 
Kiev Ukraine 65,000 m²  
Place Bellecour
Place Bellecour

The Place Bellecour is a large plaza in Lyon, France.Measuring 312m by 200m, it is the List of city squares by size in Europe. In the middle is a statue of king Louis XIV mounted on a horse, made by Fran?ois-Fr?d?ric Lemot in 1825....
 
Lyon France 62,400 m² 312 m by 200 m  
Ba Dinh Square
Ba Ðình Square

Ba ??nh Square is the name of a famous square in Ha Noi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam on September 2 1945....
 
Hanoi Vietnam 60,000 m² 400 m by 150 m  
Victoria Square
Victoria Square, Adelaide

Victoria Square is a public square located in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square forms the centre of the city's grid of one square mile....
 
Adelaide Australia 58,000m² 161 m by 322 m  
Plaza de la Constitución
Plaza de la Constitución

La Plaza de la Constituci?n, informally called El Z?calo, is the main square in Mexico City. Located in the historic center of Mexico City, it is one of the List of city squares by size....
 
Mexico City Mexico 57,600 m² 240 m by 240 m
Yakub Kolas Square Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 
Belarus 52,000 m²  
Plaça de Catalunya
Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona

Pla?a Catalunya is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city and the 19th century-built Eixample meet....
 
Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
 
Spain 50,000 m² approx.  
Palace Square
Palace Square

Palace Square , connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire....
 
St. Petersburg Russia 50,000 m²
Azadi Square (Freedom Square)
Azadi Tower

The Azadi Tower is the symbol of Tehran, Iran, and marks the entrance to the city.Built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy, this "Gateway into Iran" was named the Shahyad Tower but dubbed Azadi after the Iranian Revolution of 1979....
 
Tehran Iran 50,000 m²
Railway Terminal Square Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 
Belarus 48,000 m²  
Marktplatz Heide
Heide

Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis Dithmarschen. Population: 21,000.The German language word Heide means "heath"....
 
Germany 47,000 m²  
Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town, Prague of Prague, Czech Republic....
 
Prague Czech Republic 45,000 m² 750 m by 60 m
Place du Pâtis Montargis
Montargis

Montargis is a communes of France in the Loiret Departments of France in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orl?ans in the G?tinais....
 
France 45,000 m²
Place de l'Étoile
Place de l'Étoile

The Place de l'?toile is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues including the Champs-?lys?es which continues to the east....
 
Paris France 45,000 m² approx. diameter of 240.86 m
Xinghai Square
Xinghai Square

Xinghai Square, or Xinghai Plaza , is a city square in Dalian, China. It is located to the north of Xinghai Bay. Its total area is 1 E5 m?....
 
Dalian China 45,000 m²
Main Market Square Krakow Poland 41,340 m² 212 m by 195 m  
Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo, Milan

Piazza del Duomo is a piazza in the city of Milan in Italy.The square takes its name after the dominating Milan Cathedral.Tourists and pigeons crowd the area and it is a good place for photography....
 
Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
 
Italy 40,200 m² approx.  
Plaza 25 de Mayo Resistencia
Resistencia, Chaco

The Resistance city, in Castilian: Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paran? River....
 
Argentina 40,000 m² 200 m by 200 m  
Rabin Square
Rabin Square

Rabin Square , is a large public Town square in central Tel Aviv. It was re-named after Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin, following his Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin....
 
Tel Aviv Israel 40,000 m² approx. 160 m by 250 m  
Augustusplatz Leipzig
Leipzig

Leipzig is, with a population of over 511,252, the largest city in the States of Germany of Saxony, Germany....
 
Germany 40,000 m²
Piazza Vittorio Veneto Turin
Turín

Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
 
Italy 40,000 m² approx. 360 m by 111 m
Victory Square Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 
Belarus 39,375 m²  
Schloßplatz
Schloßplatz

Schlo?platz is a Town square on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. It measures about 225 m by 175 m, with its long side oriented on an axis approximately southwest/northeast....
 
Berlin Germany 39,375 m²  
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's List of New York City parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity....
 
New York City United States 39,000 m²
Hindmarsh Square
Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide

Hindmarsh Square is a Town square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the north-eastern sector of the city, and surrounds the intersection between Grenfell Street, Adelaide and Pulteney Street, Adelaide, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall....
 
Adelaide Australia 38 850 m² 241 m by 161 m  
Light Square
Light Square, Adelaide

Light Square is one of five town square in the City of Adelaide. Located in the north-western portion of South Adelaide , the Square is named after the city's planner, William Light....
 
Adelaide Australia 38 850 m² 241 m by 161 m  
Whitmore Square
Whitmore Square, Adelaide

Whitmore Square is a Town square in the Central Business District of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the south-western sector of the city, at the intersection of Sturt Street, Adelaide and Morphett Street, Adelaide....
 
Adelaide Australia 38 850 m² 241 m by 161 m  
Hurtle Square
Hurtle Square, Adelaide

Hurtle Square is a Town square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the south-eastern sector of the city, and surrounds the intersection between Halifax Street, Adelaide and Pulteney Street, Adelaide....
 
Adelaide Australia 38 850 m² 241 m by 161 m  
Wellington Square
Wellington Square, North Adelaide

Wellington Square is a public square in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide, South Australia. It is roughly at the centre of the larger of the three grids which comprise North Adelaide....
 
Adelaide Australia 38 850 m² 241 m by 161 m  
Rynek Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
 
Poland 35,604 m² 207 m by 172 m  
Place de Jaude Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune in France of France, in the Auvergne regions of France, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census....
 
France 35,000 m²
Domplatz Erfurt
Erfurt

Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
 
Germany 34,500 m²
Place Denfert-Rochereau
Place Denfert-Rochereau

Place Denfert-Rochereau, previously known as Place d'Enfer, is located in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris, France, in the Montparnasse area and is situated at the intersection of boulevards Raspail, Arago and Saint-Jacques, and avenues Ren? Coty, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Denfert-Rochereau and rue Froidevaux....
 
Paris France 32,000 m² approx. 220 m by 145 m
Grote Markt Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas

Sint-Niklaas is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
 
Belgium 31,900 m²
Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Rotunda da Boavista

Rotunda da Boavista is the nickname for the Pra?a de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a large roundabout in Porto, Portugal. Its official name honours Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a Portuguese soldier that fought in Africa during XIX century....
 
Porto
Porto

Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....
 
Portugal 31,416 m²
Plaza de España
Plaza de España (Seville)

The Plaza de Espa?a is one of Seville's most easily recognised buildings and the epitome of the Moorish Revival in Spanish architecture. In 1929 Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition and numerous buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza designed by An?bal Gonz?lez....
 
Seville Spain 31,000 m²
Praça do Comércio
Praça do Comércio

The Pra?a do Com?rcio ; Commerce Square) is located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated near the Tagus river, the square is still commonly known as Terreiro do Pa?o , because it was the location of the Ribeira Palace until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon Earthquake....
 
Lisbon
Lisbon

Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
 
Portugal 30,600 m² 175 m by 175 m  
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields

Lincoln's Inn Fields is the List of city squares by size in London, England. It is thought to have been one of the inspirations of Central Park, New York City....
 
London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 
United Kingdom 28,000 m² approx. Approx. 200 m by 140 m  
Russell Square Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 
Australia 27,360 m² approx. Approx. 228 m by 120 m  
Plaza de la Fé Juan Pablo II Managua
Managua

Managua is the Capital city of Nicaragua as well as the Managua and Managua, Managua by the same name. It is also the largest city in Nicaragua....
 
Nicaragua 27,214 m²
Square of the Republic Pilsen
Pilsen

Plzen is a city in western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Plzen Region and the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic....
 
Czech Republic 26,827 m² 193 m by 139 m
Rynek Pultusk
Pultusk

Pultusk [] is a town in Poland by the river Narew, 70 km north of Warsaw. It is located in the Masovian Voivodship and has about 19,000 inhabitants....
 
Poland 25,636 m² 377 m by 68 m  
Piazza del Plebiscito Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
 
Italy 25,000 m² approx.  
Syntagma Square
Syntagma Square

Syntagma Square , is located in central Athens, Greece. The Square is named after the Constitution of Greece Otto of Greece was forced to grant the people after a popular and military uprising, on September 3 1843....
 
Athens Greece 23,336 m² 156 m by 156 m
Red Square
Red Square

Red Square is the most famous city square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most famous in the world. The square separates the Moscow Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod....
 
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
Old Market Square
Old Market Square

Old Market Square is an open town square in Nottingham, England, List of city squares by size surviving in England, and forms the heart of the city of Nottingham....
 
Nottingham United Kingdom 22,000 m² approx.
Karlovo námestí (Charles square) Trebíc Czech republic 22,000 m² approx. cca 360m by 60m
Dam Square
Dam Square

Dam Square, or simply the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city....
 
Amsterdam Netherlands 20,000 m² approx. 200 m by 100 m  
Stary Rynek Poznan
Poznan

Poznan is a city in west-central Poland with over 567,882 inhabitants . Located on the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical centre and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education....
 
Poland 19,881 m² 141 m by 141 m
Plaza de Mayo Buenos Aires Argentina 19,713 m²
Place des Vosges
Place des Vosges

The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris.It is located in le Marais, and is part of the IIIe arrondissement and IVe arrondissement Arrondissements of Paris of Paris....
 
Paris France 19,600 m² 140 m by 140 m
Rynok Square Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
 
Ukraine 18,300 m² 142 m by 129 m  
Place de la Riponne Lausanne
Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
 
Switzerland 18,000 m² 200 m by 90 m  
Rynek Zakliczyn
Zakliczyn

Zakliczyn [] is a town in Poland, with 1,558 inhabitants , on the right bank of the Dunajec River.Zakliczyn had town rights from 1557 to 1934, and regained them on January 1, 2006....
 
Poland 17,544 m² 172 m by 102 m  
Plac Wolnosci Poznan
Poznan

Poznan is a city in west-central Poland with over 567,882 inhabitants . Located on the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical centre and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education....
 
Poland 17,425 m² 205 m by 85 m
Premysl Otakar II Square Budweis
Ceské Budejovice

Cesk? Budejovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cesk? Budejovice and of the University of South Bohemia....
 
Czech Republic 17,000 m²  
Rynek Nowy Sacz
Nowy Sacz

Nowy Sacz [] is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sacz County, but is not included within the powiat....
 
Poland 16,610 m² 151 m by 110 m  
Piazza dei Martiri Carpi
Carpi

Carpi may refer to:* Carpi - plural form of carpus, the cluster of bones in the hand between the radius and ulna and the metacarpus* Carpi , a large town in the province of Modena, Italy...
 
Italy 16,560 m² 276 m by 60 m  
Turbinenplatz Zurich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
 
Switzerland 14,000 m²
Plaza Principal Villa de Leyva
Villa de Leyva

Villa de Leyva is a colonial town and municipality, in the Boyac? Department department, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. The town is located some 40 km west of Tunja and has a population of about 4,000 people....
 
Colombia 14,000 m²  
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is located at the intersection of Broadway , Central Park West, Central Park South , and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, with coord...
 
New York City United States 13,750 m²  
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo

The Piazza del Popolo is a square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language literally means "piazza of the people", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name....
 
Rome Italy 13,500 m² approx. 150 m by 90 m  
Place Stanislas
Place Stanislas

The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan, is a large pedestrianized square in Nancy, Lorraine , France. Since 1983, the architectural ensemble comprising the Place Stanislas and the extension of its axis, the Place de la Carri?re and Place d'Alliance, has been on the list of UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Europ...
 
Nancy France 13,250 m² 125 m by 106 m  
Altmarkt Dresden Germany 13,000 m² approx. approx. 130 m by 100 m
Rynek Zelechów
Zelechów

Zelech?w [] is a town in east Poland in Masovian Voivodeship in Garwolin County. It is the seat of Gmina Zelech?w. Zelech?w is 85 km from Warsaw and 85 km far from Lublin....
 
Poland 12,996 m² 114 m by 114 m  
Piazza San Marco
Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco , is the principal town square of Venice, Italy.A remark often attributed to Napoleon I of France calls the Piazza San Marco "The drawing room of Europe"....
 
Venice Italy 12,128 m² Trapezoidal dimensions: 175 m long, 56.6 m and 82 m wide
Plaza Mayor Madrid Spain 12,126 m² 129 m by 94 m  
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction; its trademark is Nelson's Column which stands in the centre and the four lion statues that guard the column....
 
London United Kingdom 12,100 m² 110 m by 110 m
Place du Capitole Toulouse France 12,000 m² 120 m by 100 m  
George Square
George Square

George Square is the central square in the Scotland city of Glasgow. Named after King George III, George Square was laid out in 1781, part of the nascent innovative Georgian central grid plan that initially spanned from Stockwell Street east to Buchanan Street, which reflected the growing rational influence of the Scottish Enlightenment,...
 
Glasgow United Kingdom 11,250 m² 125 m by 90 m
Grote Markt Bruges
Bruges

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
 
Belgium 10,000 m² approx.
Rynek Wielki Zamosc
Zamosc

Zamosc [] is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship . About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park....
 
Poland 10,000 m² 100 m by 100 m
Old Market Square Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów

Trzebiat?w [] is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of June 2007, it has 10,196 inhabitants.It was in Pomerania, Germany until 1945....
 
Poland 9,780 m² 104 m by 94 m  
Union Square San Francisco United States 9,600 m² 120 m by 80 m  
Old Town Square
Old Town Square (Prague)

Old Town Square is a historic square in the Old Town, Prague quarter of Prague in the Czech Republic at .Located between Wenceslas Square and the Charles Bridge, Prague's Old Town Square is often bursting at the seams with tourists in the summer....
 
Prague Czech Republic 9,000 m²
Vabaduse väljak Tallinn
Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Estonia and of Harju County. It occupies a surface of 159.2 km? in which 397,617 inhabitants live....
 
Estonia 7,752 m² approx. 110 m by 75 m
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza della Repubblica (Florence)

Piazza della Repubblica is a city square in Florence, Italy. It is on the site, first of the city's Forum and then of the city's old ghetto, which was swept away during the city improvement works or Risanamento initiated during the brief period when Florence was the capital of a Risorgimento, work that also created the city's avenues...
 
Florence Italy 7,500 m² approx. 100 m by 75 m
Raekoja plats Tartu
Tartu

For the French captain, see Jean-Fran?ois TartuTartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned University of Tartu....
 
Estonia 6,350 m² approx. approx. 180 m by 30 m  
Münsterplatz Konstanz
Konstanz

Konstanz is a University of Konstanz town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland....
 
Germany 6,000 m²
Raekoja plats Tallinn
Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Estonia and of Harju County. It occupies a surface of 159.2 km? in which 397,617 inhabitants live....
 
Estonia 5,550 m² approx. approx. 75 m by 75 m  


See also

  • Town square
    Town square

    Public square and city square redirect here. For Public Square, Cleveland, see Public Square and for City Square in Leeds see Leeds City Square....
    , piazza
    Piazza

    When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
    , plaza
    Plaza

    Plaza is a Spanish language word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing...
    , market square
    Market square

    File:Market_Place_in_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpgThe market square is a feature of many European and colonial towns. It is an open area where market stall s are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on one particular day of the week known as 'market day'....
  • List of city squares
    List of city squares

    The following is a partial list of prominent city squares: ...