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List of city squares by size
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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.
- Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China - 880m by 500m; 440,000 m²
- Macroplaza, Monterrey, Mexico - 400,000 m²
- Place des Quinconces, Bordeaux, France - 126,000 m²
- Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine - 302m by 96m + round area; 110,000 m²
- Prato della Valle, Padova, Italy - 90,000 m²
- Plaza de Balcarce, Balcarce, Argentina, 300m by 300m - 90,000 m²
- Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran - 560m by 160m; 89,600 m² [2]
- Place de la Concorde, Paris, France - 240m by 360m; 86,400 m²
- Spianada, Corfu, Greece - 412m by 204m; 84,000 m² [3]
- Charles Square, Prague, Czech Republic - 80,550 m²[4]
- Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany - 80,000 m²
- Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea - 75,000 m² [5]
- Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba - 72,000 m² [6]
- Place Bellecour, Lyon, France - 312m by 200m; 62,400 m²
- Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City, Mexico - 240m by 240m; 57,600 m² [7]
- Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia - 50,000 m² [8]
- Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - ~50,000 m² [9]
- Marktplatz, Heide, Germany - 47,000 m²
- Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic - 750m by 60m; 45,000 m²
- Place du Pâtis, Montargis, France - 45,000 m² [10]
- Place de l'Étoile, Paris, France - diameter of 240.86 m; about 45,000 m² [11]
- Xinghai Square, Dalian, China - 45,000 m²
- Plaza 25 de Mayo, Resistencia, Argentina - 200m by 200m; 40,000 m²
- Main Market Square, Krakow, Poland - 200m by 200m; 40,000 m²
- Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany - 40,000 m² [12]
- Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin, Italy - 360m by 111m ~40,000 m² [13]
- Schlossplatz, Berlin, Germany - 39,375 m²
- Washington Square Park, New York City, United States - 39,000 m²
- Place de Jaude, Clermont-Ferrand, France - 35,000 m²
- Domplatz, Erfurt, Germany - 34,500 m² [14]
- Place Denfert-Rochereau, Paris, France - 220m by 145m; about 32,000 m²
- Grote Markt, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium - 31,900 m² [15]
- Plaza de España, Seville, Spain - 31,000 m²
- Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal - 175m by 175m 30,600 m²
- Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece - 156m by 156m 23,336 m² [16]
- Red Square, Moscow, Russia - 330m by 70m; 23,100 m²[citation needed]
- St. Peter's Square, Vatican City - Ellipse dimenisons 196m by 148m; 22,783 m² [17]
- Old Market Square, Nottingham, United Kingdom - ~22,000 m² [18]
- Dam Square, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 200m by 100m; ~20,000 m²
- Stary Rynek, Poznań, Poland - 141m by 141m 19,881 m²
- Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 19,713 m²
- Place des Vosges, Paris, France - 140m by 140m; 19,600 m²? [19]
- Přemysl Otakar II Square, Budweis, Czech Republic - 17,000 m² [20]
- Turbinenplatz, Zurich, Switzerland - 14,000 m² [21]
- Columbus Circle, New York City, United States - 13,750 m²
- Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy - approximately 150m by 90m; 13,500 m²
- Altmarkt, Dresden, Germany - approximately 130m by 100m; ~13,000 m²
- Rynek, Żelechów, Poland - 114m by 114m; 12,996 m² [22]
- Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy - Trapezoidal dimensions: 175m long, 56.6m and 82m wide; 12,128 m²[23]
- Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain - 129m by 94m; 12,126 m²
- Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom - 110m by 110m; 12,100 m² [24]
- Grote Markt, Bruges, Belgium - about 10,000 m² [25]
- Rynek Wielki, Zamość, Poland - 100m by 100m; 10,000 m²
- Old Market Square, Trzebiatów, Poland - 104 by 94m; 9,780 m²
- Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA - 120m by 80m; 9,600 m²
- Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic - 9,000 m²
- Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Italy - c. 100m by 75m; 7,500 m²
- Münsterplatz, Konstanz, Germany - 6,000 m² [26]
- ^ 10,000 square meters (m²) = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.47 acres
- ^ Imam Square. Project for Public places.
- ^ Spianada image
- ^ Stanislava Jarolímková - Co v průvodcích nebývá, ISBN 80-7246-267-9
- ^ Pyongyang Tourism Images Gallery.
- ^ http://www.cip.cu/webcip/eventos/serv_espec/inocentes/referencias/lugar.html
- ^ Plaza de la Constitucion.
- ^ Greenpeace. Criminal Case to be Filed against the Authorities of St. Petersburg.
- ^ Barcelona on-line. Visiting Barcelona, La Rambla - Plaça de Catalunya.
- ^ La Place du Pâtis.
- ^ Nomenclature officielle des voies de Paris: Place Charles de Gaulle.
- ^ Augustusplatz.
- ^ extra-torino :: The guide of Torino.
- ^ Domplatz.
- ^ Stadsmonografie Sint-Niklaas 2004 162. “grootste marktplein van België (3.19 hectare)”
- ^ http://www.zmag.org/raptisclinton.htm
- ^ St. Peter's.
- ^ Nottinghamshire record breakers.
- ^ Some sources have 108m instead.
- ^ The town, where I live (Ceské Budejovice).
- ^ Turbinenplatz.
- ^ 1000 dat z historii Żelechowa (see section 1792 - 1795)
- ^ St. Mark's Square.
- ^ Trafalgar Square.
- ^ Market Square.
- ^ Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten. Münsterplatz, Konstanz.
