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Tiananmen Square, Beijing
The Macroplaza, Monterrey
Azadi Square, Tehran
Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Prato della Valle, Padova
Praça do Império, Lisbon
Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Palace Square, St. Petersburg
Main Market Square, Kraków
Domplatz, Erfurt
Columbus Circle, New York City
Plac Wolnosci, Poznań
Piazza del Popolo, Rome
Plaza Mayor, Madrid
Trafalgar Square viewed from the north.
Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats), Tallinn

This article lists the largest city squares, ordered by area. Areas given are in square meters (m²)[1] as noted in the articles or the reference provided, but may not be directly comparable.

City square City Country Area [2] Dimensions Notes
Tiananmen Square Beijing China 440,000 m² 880 m by 500 m ‡
Macroplaza Monterrey Mexico 400,000 m² ‡
Parade Square Warsaw Poland 240,000 m² approx. 600 m by 400 m
Grand Plaza Cahokia Mounds United States 190,000 m² [3]
Kuybyshev Square Samara Russia 174,000 m²
Moskovskaya Square St. Petersburg Russia 130,000 m² 640 m by 205 m(?)
Place des Quinconces Bordeaux France 126,000 m² [4]
Sanam Luang Bangkok Thailand 121,406 m²(?)
Freedom Square Kharkiv Ukraine 119,000 m² 690-750m by 96-125m [5]
Prato della Valle Padua Italy 90,000 m² ‡
Plaza de Balcarce Balcarce Argentina 90,000 m² 300 m by 300 m
Naghsh-i Jahan Square Isfahan Iran 89,600 m² 560 m by 160 m [6]
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 [7]
Charles Square Prague Czech Republic 80,550 m² 510 m by 130 m [8]
Alexanderplatz Berlin Germany 80,000 m² [9]
Museumplein Amsterdam Netherlands 79,000 m²
Praça do Império Lisbon Portugal 78,400 m² 280 m by 280 m
Plaine de Plainpalais Geneva Switzerland 78,135 m² rhombus of 640 m by 200 m [10]
Bayi Square (August 1st Square) Nanchang China 78,000 m² [11]
Sukhebaatar Square Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 76,000 m² [12]
Kim Il-sung Square Pyongyang North Korea 75,000 m² [13]
Victory Square Vitebsk Belarus 72,200 m²
Plaza de la Revolucion Havana Cuba 72,000 m² [14]
Independence Square Minsk Belarus 70,000 m² [15]
The Square Palmerston North New Zealand 70,000 m²
Kontraktova Square Kiev Ukraine 65,000 m²
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 [16], [17]
Ba Dinh Square Hanoi Vietnam 60,000 m² 400 m by 150 m
Victoria Square Adelaide Australia 58,000m² 161 m by 322 m
Plaza de la Constitución Mexico City Mexico 57,600 m² 240 m by 240 m [18]
Yakub Kolas Square Minsk Belarus 52,000 m²
Plaça de Catalunya Barcelona Spain 50,000 m² approx. [19]
Palace Square St. Petersburg Russia 50,000 m² [20]
Azadi Square (Freedom Square) Tehran Iran 50,000 m² ‡
Railway Terminal Square Minsk Belarus 48,000 m²
Marktplatz Heide Germany 47,000 m² [21]
Wenceslas Square Prague Czech Republic 45,000 m² 750 m by 60 m ‡
Place du Pâtis Montargis France 45,000 m² [22]
Place de l'Étoile Paris France 45,000 m² approx. diameter of 240.86 m [23]
Xinghai Square Dalian China 45,000 m² ‡
Main Market Square Krakow Poland 41,340 m² 212 m by 195 m
Piazza del Duomo Milan Italy 40,200 m² approx.
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 [24]
Piazza Vittorio Veneto Turin Italy 40,000 m² approx. 360 m by 111 m [25]
Square 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 ‡
Taksim Square Istanbul Turkey 35,949 m²
Rynek Wrocław Poland 35,604 m² 207 m by 172 m
Place de Jaude Clermont-Ferrand France 35,000 m² [26]
Domplatz Erfurt Germany 34,500 m² [27]
Place Denfert-Rochereau Paris France 32,000 m² approx. 220 m by 145 m [28]
Grote Markt Sint-Niklaas Belgium 31,900 m² [29]
Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque Porto Portugal 31,416 m² ‡
Plaza de España Seville Spain 31,000 m² [30]
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
Plaza de la Fé Juan Pablo II Managua Nicaragua 27,214 m² [31]
Square of the Republic Pilsen Czech Republic 26,827 m² 193 m by 139 m [32]
Rynek Pułtusk Poland 25,636 m² 377 m by 68 m
Piazza del Plebiscito Naples Italy 25,000 m² approx.
Syntagma Square Athens Greece 23,336 m² 156 m by 156 m [33]
Red Square Moscow Russia 23,100 m² 330 m by 70 m [34]
St. Peter's Square Vatican City Vatican 22,783 m² ellipse dimensions 196 m by 148 m [35]
Plaza del Pilar Zaragoza Spain 22,000 m² approx. [36]
Old Market Square Nottingham United Kingdom 22,000 m² approx. [37]
Karlovo náměstí (Charles square) Třebíč Czech Republic 22,000 m² approx. cca 360m by 60m [38]
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 [39]
Plaza de Mayo Buenos Aires Argentina 19,713 m² [40]
Place des Vosges Paris France 19,600 m² 140 m by 140 m [41]
Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Peru Cusco Peru 19,376 m² 173 m by 112 m
Rynok Square Lviv Ukraine 18,300 m² 142 m by 129 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 [42]
Přemysl Otakar II Square Budweis Czech Republic 17,000 m² [43]
Peace Square (Mírové náměstí) Litoměřice Czech Republic 17,000 m² [44]
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
Piazza Unità d'Italia Trieste Italy 16,000 m² 200 m by 80 m [45]
Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark 15,000 m² [46]
Turbinenplatz Zurich Switzerland 14,000 m² [47]
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
Place Stanislas Nancy France 13,250 m² 125 m by 106 m
Trg bana Jelačića Zagreb Croatia 13,125 m² 175 m by 75 m
Altmarkt Dresden Germany 13,000 m² approx. approx. 130 m by 100 m [48]
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 [49]
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 [50]
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 [51]
Grote Markt Bruges Belgium 10,000 m² approx. [52]
Rynek Wielki Zamość Poland 10,000 m² 100 m by 100 m [53]
Place Émilie-Gamelin Montreal Canada 10,000 m² 100 m by 100 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
Old Town Square Prague Czech Republic 9,000 m² [54]
Vabaduse väljak Tallinn Estonia 7,752 m² approx. 110 m by 75 m [55]
Piazza della Repubblica Florence Italy 7,500 m² approx. 100 m by 75 m [56]
Raekoja plats Tartu Estonia 6,034 m² approx. 180 m by 30 m [57]
Münsterplatz Konstanz Germany 6,000 m² [58]
Raekoja plats Tallinn Estonia 5,550 m² approx. approx. 75 m by 75 m

Notes

‡ see corresponding article

  1. ^ 10,000 square meters (m²) = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.47 acres
  2. ^ May not be directly comparable
  3. ^ see Cahokia and "The residues of feasting and public ritual at Cahokia". http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-1688781_ITM.  
  4. ^ see fr:Place des Quinconces
  5. ^ Харьков: Архитектура, памятники, новостройки: Путеводитель. Сост. А. Лейбфрейд, В. Реусов, А. Тиц. — Х.: Прапор, 1987
  6. ^ "Imam Square". Project for Public places. http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=672.  
  7. ^ Spianada image
  8. ^ Stanislava Jarolímková - Co v průvodcích nebývá, ISBN 80-7246-267-9
  9. ^ see de:Alexanderplatz
  10. ^ see fr:Plaine de Plainpalais
  11. ^ Bayi Square (Chinese)
  12. ^ Mongolian main square by Iderbold
  13. ^ "Pyongyang Tourism Images Gallery". http://www.newkoreatours.com/pyongyang_tours.html.  
  14. ^ 1
  15. ^ (Russian) Журнал "АРХИТЕКТОР"
  16. ^ "Town Market Square in Olecko".  
  17. ^ "Town Market Square in Olecko".  
  18. ^ "Plaza de la Constitucion". http://www.planetware.com/mexico-city/zocalo-plaza-de-la-constitucion-mex-df-z.htm.  
  19. ^ Barcelona on-line. "Visiting Barcelona, La Rambla - Plaça de Catalunya". http://www.barcelona-on-line.es/eng/turisme/bcn_rambla.htm.  
  20. ^ 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.  
  21. ^ see de:Heide (Holstein)#Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten
  22. ^ "La Place du Pâtis". http://www.montargis.fr/patis.htm.  
  23. ^ "Nomenclature officielle des voies de Paris: Place Charles de Gaulle". http://www.v1.paris.fr/carto/nomenclature/1820.nom.html.  
  24. ^ "Augustusplatz". http://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/STRASSEN/01049.HTM.  
  25. ^ "extra-torino :: The guide of Torino". http://www.extratorino.it/ENG/scheda.php?ID=108.  
  26. ^ see fr:Place de Jaude
  27. ^ "Domplatz". http://www.erfurt-web.de/Domplatz.  
  28. ^ see fr:Place Denfert-Rochereau
  29. ^ "Stadsmonografie Sint-Niklaas 2004". pp. 162. http://www.thuisindestad.be/html/monograf/downloads/SM_Sint-Niklaas2004.pdf. "grootste marktplein van België (3.19 hectare)"  
  30. ^ see es:Plaza de España (Sevilla)
  31. ^ "Plaza de la Fe". http://www.manfut.org/monumentos/plaza-fe.html.  
  32. ^ "Square of the Republic". http://info.plzen-city.cz/html/turista/en/letecky-histjadro.html.  
  33. ^ Anatomy of the Clinton visit to Athens By Nikos Raptis
  34. ^ as per Red Square
  35. ^ "St. Peter's". http://www.essential-architecture.com/ROME/RO-016.htm.  
  36. ^ "Nottinghamshire record breakers". http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/facts/record_breakers.shtml.  
  37. ^ "Nottinghamshire record breakers". http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/facts/record_breakers.shtml.  
  38. ^ "Official website of Třebíč". http://www.trebic.cz/.  
  39. ^ "The Old Market ("Stary Rynek")". http://www.waytopoland.com/e4u.php/1,ModPages/ShowPage/687.  
  40. ^ see es:Plaza de Mayo
  41. ^ see article "Place des Vosges", some sources note 108m
  42. ^ Jan Mazurczak. "Od Muszej Góry po Plac Wolności". http://www.tutej.pl/cms.php?i=12248.  
  43. ^ "The town, where I live (Ceské Budejovice)". http://referaty-seminarky.cz/the-town-where-i-live-ceske-budejovice.  
  44. ^ "Mírové náměstí". http://www.litomerice.cz/cz/pamatka-1.html.  
  45. ^ "Trieste Things to Do Tips by Mikebond". http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/14738/22802/4/.  
  46. ^ "KGS. NYTORV (1688)". Danish Architecture Centre. http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2675. Retrieved 2009-11-11.  
  47. ^ "Turbinenplatz". http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/internet/west/home/planung_projekte/real_pro/turbinenplatz.html.  
  48. ^ see de:Altmarkt (Dresden)
  49. ^ "St. Mark's Square". http://www.planetware.com/venice/st-marks-square-i-vn-vpsm.htm.  
  50. ^ "Trafalgar Square". http://web.freepint.com/forum/bar/read.php?i=35454.  
  51. ^ see "Sharing the square". http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~barry/papers/chi%20square%20submitted.pdf.  
  52. ^ "Market Square". http://www.virtualbruges.com/vrzone/pan019.html.  
  53. ^ see pl:Zamość#Zabytki
  54. ^ see de:Altstädter Ring
  55. ^ "Vabaduse väljak". http://tallinn.andmevara.ee/oa/page.Tavakasutaja?c=1.1.1.1&id=111362.  (Estonian)
  56. ^ see it:Piazza della Repubblica (Firenze)
  57. ^ "Raekoja plats". http://info.raad.tartu.ee/muinsus.nsf/0/DD640EBBB9F0C525C22568CE004F4FE3.  (Estonian)
  58. ^ Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten. "Münsterplatz, Konstanz". http://www.vogt-la.ch/aussenraum/platz/projekte_1419.html.  

See also

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Tallest
Largest
Buildings
Domes
City squares
Longest







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