List of city squares

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This article lists the city squares in the world larger than 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft). The areas given are as noted in the articles and references provided, but may not be directly comparable.

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City square City Country Area Dimensions, notes Year Photo Ref
(m2)[a] (ft2)
Xinghai SquareDalian China 1,760,00018,900,000Commemorates the centenary of the founding of the city1997[1]
Times SquareDaqing 1,440,00015,500,0002000
Merdeka SquareJakarta Indonesia 1,000,00011,000,000Approx. 1 by 1 km (0.62 by 0.62 mi)1976[1]
Yenikapı SquareIstanbul Turkey 715,0007,700,000Created mostly through land reclamation2014[2]
Sunflower SquarePalmas Brazil 570,0006,100,000Approx. 802–833 by 643–718 m (2,631–2,733 by 2,110–2,356 ft)1991
Rizal ParkManila Philippines 566,5606,098,400On the new central line1820
Huacheng SquareGuangzhou China 560,0006,000,0002010
Tiananmen SquareBeijing 440,0004,700,000880 by 500 m (2,890 by 1,640 ft)1651[1]
MacroplazaMonterrey Mexico 400,0004,300,0001980s[1]
India Gate ComplexNew Delhi India 306,6003,300,000Approx. 625 m (2,051 ft) diameter1926
Quezon Memorial CircleManila Philippines 271,1392,918,520Approx. 625 m (2,051 ft) diameter1978
Liberty SquareTaipei Taiwan 240,0002,600,0001970s
Parade SquareWarsaw Poland 240,0002,600,000Approx. 600 by 400 m (2,000 by 1,300 ft)1950s[3][1]
Quancheng SquareJinan China 220,0002,400,000Approx. 790 by 280 m (2,590 by 920 ft)1999
People's SquareLinyi 216,0002,330,000670 by 320 m (2,200 by 1,050 ft)2001
Cultural SquareChangchun 205,0002,210,000Was part of the Imperial Palace of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo1953
Praça do RelógioSão Paulo Brazil 176,0001,890,000Contains all six ecosystems found in the state of São Paulo1971
Kuybyshev SquareSamara Russia 174,0001,870,000Approx. 500–530 by 300–330 m (1,640–1,740 by 980–1,080 ft)1894[4]
Perm EsplanadePerm 152,0001,640,000Approx. 950 by 160 m (3,120 by 520 ft)1970
Niti Mandala SquareDenpasar Indonesia 151,8001,634,000410 by 370 m (1,350 by 1,210 ft)
People's SquareShanghai China 140,0001,500,0001994
Bulgaria SquareSofia Bulgaria 140,0001,500,0001981
Piazza Carlo di Borbone [it]Caserta Italy 130,0001,400,000More the esplanade of the Royal Palace of Caserta than a city square[4]1750[5]
Universitetskaya SquareMoscow Russia 130,0001,400,000[4]
Moskovskaya SquareSaint Petersburg 130,0001,400,000
Place des QuinconcesBordeaux France 126,0001,360,0001820[6]
People's SquareDalian China 125,0001,350,0001914
Bayi SquareNanchang 122,5881,319,530Commemorates the Nanchang Uprising1956
Republic SquareAlmaty Kazakhstan 121,8001,311,000580 by 210 m (1,900 by 690 ft)1980
Sanam LuangBangkok Thailand 119,2001,283,000Part of the Thailand Grand Palace1855[7]
Freedom SquareKharkiv Ukraine 119,0001,280,000690–750 by 96–125 m (2,264–2,461 by 315–410 ft)1926[4]
Karebosi SquareMakassar Indonesia 110,3501,187,800330 by 310 m (1,080 by 1,020 ft)
Millennium ParkChicago United States 99,0001,070,0002004
Pha That Luang SquareVientiane Laos 99,0001,070,000
Black Star SquareAccra Ghana 98,2201,057,200Commissioned to honour the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ghana1961[8]
Unirii SquareBucharest Romania 97,0001,040,0001900s[6]
Kruhla SquarePoltava Ukraine 93,5001,006,000Diameter 345 m (1,132 ft)
Tysyacheletiya SquareKazan Russia 90,000970,000510 by 130–250 m (1,670 by 430–820 ft)
Plaza de BalcarceBalcarce Argentina 90,000970,000300 by 300 m (980 by 980 ft)
Naqsh-e Jahan SquareIsfahan Iran 89,600964,000560 by 160 m (1,840 by 520 ft)1598[9]
St Stephen's GreenDublin Ireland 89,000960,000350 by 255 m (1,148 by 837 ft)1663[6]
Prato della VallePadua Italy 88,620953,9001874[5]
Mangshi SquareMangshi China 86,800934,000306.37 by 314 m (1,005.2 by 1,030.2 ft)[10]
Jemaa el-FnaaMarrakesh Morocco 86,000930,000240 by 363 m (787 by 1,191 ft)
Spianada SquareCorfu Greece 84,000900,000412 by 204 m (1,352 by 669 ft)1576 [6]
Charles SquarePrague Czech Republic 80,552867,050550 by 152 metres (1,804 by 499 ft)1348[11]
Republic SquareKayseri Turkey 80,000860,0001906
MuseumpleinAmsterdam Netherlands 79,000850,000[6]
Odori ParkSapporo Japan 78,900849,000Approx. 1,430 by 55 m (4,692 by 180 ft)1869
Praça do ImpérioLisbon Portugal 78,400844,000280 by 280 m (920 by 920 ft)
Gelebe SquareBaku Azerbaijan 78,300843,000290 by 270 m (950 by 890 ft)
Plaine de PlainpalaisGeneva Switzerland 78,135841,040Rhombus of 640 by 200 m (2,100 by 660 ft)
Place de la ConcordeParis France 76,900828,000240 by 360 m (790 by 1,180 ft)1772[1]
Sükhbaatar SquareUlaanbaatar Mongolia 76,000820,000
Kim Il Sung SquarePyongyang North Korea 75,000810,0001954[12]
Gasibu SquareBandung Indonesia 74,900806,000940 by 120 m (3,080 by 390 ft)
Cours Léopold & Place CarnotNancy France 74,400801,000620 by 120 m (2,030 by 390 ft)
Tahrir SquareCairo Egypt 74,000800,000
Piazza della RepubblicaMilan Italy 73,500791,0001865[5]
Victory SquareVitebsk Belarus 72,200777,000[13]
Plaza de la RevoluciónHavana Cuba 72,000780,000
Batam Centre ParkBatam Indonesia 70,000750,000
Place de l'Hôtel-de-VilleLe Havre France 70,000750,000280 by 250 metres (920 by 820 ft)[14]
Independence SquareMinsk Belarus 70,000750,0001964
The SquarePalmerston North New Zealand 70,000750,000
Alun-Alun Merdeka NgawiNgawi Indonesia 70,000750,000270 by 260 m (890 by 850 ft)
Piazza GaribaldiNaples Italy 70,000750,0001870[15]
Plaza MorenoLa Plata Argentina 66,700718,000230 by 290 m (750 by 950 ft)
Kontraktova SquareKyiv Ukraine 65,000700,000
New Haven GreenNew Haven United States 65,000700,000
Alun-Alun PurworejoPurworejo Indonesia 64,800698,000270 by 250 m (890 by 820 ft)
Freedom SquareOlecko Poland 64,288691,990225 by 232 by 340 by 254 m (738 by 761 by 1,115 by 833 ft)[16]
Azadliq SquareBaku Azerbaijan 62,700675,000570 by 110 m (1,870 by 360 ft)
Esplanade of the Foro ItalicoPalermo Italy 62,500673,0001846[5]
Place BellecourLyon France 62,000670,000300 by 220 by 300 by 190 m (980 by 720 by 980 by 620 ft)[14]
Ba Đình SquareHanoi Vietnam 60,000650,000400 by 150 m (1,310 by 490 ft)
Naval SquareDalian China 59,000640,0002000
Victoria SquareAdelaide Australia 58,000620,000161 by 322 m (528 by 1,056 ft)
John Paul II SquareBudapest Hungary 57,600620,000240 by 240 m (790 by 790 ft)[17]
ZócaloMexico City Mexico 57,600620,000240 by 240 m (790 by 790 ft)[18]
Kızılay SquareAnkara Turkey 55,000590,000265 by 132.5 m (869 by 435 ft)
Kikar HamedinaTel Aviv Israel 55,000590,000132.5 by 265 m (435 by 869 ft)
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele IIRome Italy 54,954591,520316 by 174 m (1,037 by 571 ft)1880s[5]
Tangshan Earthquake Monument SquareTangshan China 54,400586,000320 by 170 m (1,050 by 560 ft)1986[19]
Shouyi SquareWuhan 54,200583,000Commemorates the Wuchang Uprising2005
Yakub Kolas SquareMinsk Belarus 52,000560,000
Radničné SquareSpišská Nová Ves Slovakia 51,100550,000Lens shape
Széchenyi Square [hu; eo]Szeged Hungary 50,087539,130[20]
Palace SquareSaint Petersburg Russia 50,000540,000[21]
Theberge SquareIcó Brazil 50,000540,000
Azadi SquareTehran Iran 50,000540,000
Alun-Alun UtaraYogyakarta Indonesia 50,000540,000220 by 210 m (720 by 690 ft)
Grand ParkLos Angeles United States 48,562522,7202012
Liberation SquareBaghdad Iraq 48,520522,300
Nathan Phillips SquareToronto Canada 48,500522,0001965[22]
Heydar Aliyev SquareGanja Azerbaijan 48,300520,000420 by 115 m (1,378 by 377 ft)
SNP SquareZvolen Slovakia 48,000520,000425 by 113 m (1,394 by 371 ft)[23]
Railway Terminal SquareMinsk Belarus 48,000520,000
MarktplatzFreudenstadt Germany 47,300509,000219 by 216 m (719 by 709 ft)1599[24]
MarktplatzHeide 47,000510,0001434[25]
Merdeka SquareMedan Indonesia 45,500490,000260 by 170 m (850 by 560 ft)
Wenceslas SquarePrague Czech Republic 45,000480,000750 by 60 m (2,460 by 200 ft)1348[26]
Place du PâtisMontargis France 45,000480,000
Place Charles de GaulleParis 45,000480,000Diameter 240.86 m (790.2 ft)
Konstitutzii SquareSaint Petersburg Russia 44,100475,000Approx. 210 by 210 m (690 by 690 ft)
Erzsébet térBudapest Hungary 43,200465,000Approx 240 by 180 m (790 by 590 ft)
Deák térSopron 40,000430,000870 by 46 m (2,854 by 151 ft)
Longest in Central Europe
Plaza 25 de MayoResistencia Argentina 40,000430,000200 by 200 m (660 by 660 ft)
Rabin SquareTel Aviv Israel 40,000430,000160 by 250 m (520 by 820 ft)
AugustusplatzLeipzig Germany 40,000430,0001785[27]
Piazza Vittorio VenetoTurin Italy 40,000430,000360 by 111 m (1,181 by 364 ft)[28]
Place VigerMontreal Canada 40,000430,000400 by 100 m (1,310 by 330 ft)
Old PortMarseille France 40,000430,000[29]
Sofiyskaya SquarePushkin Russia 40,000430,000200 by 200 m (660 by 660 ft)
Main SquareKraków Poland 40,000430,000200 by 200 m (660 by 660 ft)1257[30]
Skanderbeg SquareTirana Albania 40,000430,0001939[31]
Victory SquareMinsk Belarus 39,375423,830
SchloßplatzBerlin Germany 39,375423,830
Washington Square ParkNew York City United States 39,000420,0001871
Piazza Duca d'AostaMilan Italy 38,000410,000
Market SquareWrocław Poland 37,920408,200213 by 178 m (699 by 584 ft)[30]
Central SquareChennai India 37,800407,0002021
Plaza de ColónMadrid Spain 37,000400,000[32]
Plaza de España 36,900397,000[33]
Lange VoorhoutThe Hague Netherlands 36,850396,700Approx. 470 m long1536
Empire State PlazaAlbany United States 36,820396,300Approx. 415 by 89 m (1,362 by 292 ft)1976
Masarykovo náměstíJihlava Czech Republic 36,653394,5301270[34]
Square of the 56-ersBudapest Hungary 36,500393,000Approx. 730 by 50 m (2,400 by 160 ft) (excluding Heroes' Square)
Avenida da LiberdadeBraga Portugal 36,000390,000Approx. 400 by 80 m (1,310 by 260 ft)
Taksim SquareIstanbul Turkey 35,949386,950
Unirii SquareCluj-Napoca Romania 35,200379,000220 by 162 m (722 by 531 ft)
KungsträdgårdenStockholm Sweden 35,000380,000350 by 100 m (1,150 by 330 ft)
Place de JaudeClermont-Ferrand France 35,000380,000
Jiřího z Poděbrad SquarePrague Czech Republic 35,000380,000240 by 150 m (790 by 490 ft)1896
DomplatzErfurt Germany 34,500371,000
Plaça d'EspanyaBarcelona Spain 34,000370,0001929
Sobornaya SquarePushkin Russia 34,000370,000
Plaza BolívarMaracay Venezuela 33,920365,100320 by 106 metres (1,050 by 348 ft)
Place de la RépubliqueParis France 33,677362,500283 by 119 m (928 by 390 ft)
Simpang Lima SquareSemarang Indonesia 33,000360,000230 by 150 m (750 by 490 ft)
Muhammad V SquareCasablanca Morocco 32,900354,0001916
Piazza MercatalePrato Italy 32,294347,610
Konak Squareİzmir Turkey 32,000340,000[35]
Giv'on SquareTel Aviv Israel 32,000340,000Approx. 300 m by 105 m[36]
Place Denfert-RochereauParis France 32,000340,000220 by 145 m (722 by 476 ft)1863
Sonoma PlazaSonoma United States 32,000340,0001846[37]
Grote MarktSint-Niklaas Belgium 31,900343,0001248[38]
Praça Mouzinho de AlbuquerquePorto Portugal 31,416338,160
Place ChampionnetValence France 31,404338,030
Franklin SquarePhiladelphia United States 31,700341,0001683[39]
Logan Square 31,700341,0001684[39]
Rittenhouse Square 31,700341,0001683[39]
Washington Square 31,700341,0001683[39]
Plaza de EspañaSeville Spain 31,000330,000Approx. 270 by 150 m (890 by 490 ft) (half-circle)
Praça do ComércioLisbon Portugal 30,600329,000175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft)
Náměstí MíruPrague Czech Republic 30,400327,000190 by 160 m (620 by 520 ft)1884[40]
Plaça de CatalunyaBarcelona Spain 30,000320,0001902[41]
Republic SquareYerevan Armenia 30,000320,0001926
City Hall SquareCopenhagen Denmark 29,300315,000[42]
Katedros aikštėVilnius Lithuania 28,600308,000Approx. 300 by 90 m (980 by 300 ft)
Plaza de la EncarnaciónSeville Spain 28,160303,1001948[43]
Lincoln's Inn FieldsLondon United Kingdom 28,000300,000Approx. 200 by 140 m (660 by 460 ft)1630s
Russell SquarePerth Australia 27,360294,500Approx. 228 by 120 m (748 by 394 ft)
NeumarktCologne Germany 27,300294,000Approx. 250 by 110 m (820 by 360 ft)
Plaza de la Fé Juan Pablo IIManagua Nicaragua 27,214292,930[44]
Náměstí RepublikyPlzeň Czech Republic 26,827288,760193 by 139 m (633 by 456 ft)
Praça dos Três PoderesBrasília Brazil 26,400284,000120 by 220 m (390 by 720 ft)1960
Heroes' SquareBudapest Hungary 25,600276,000Approx. 160 by 160 m (520 by 520 ft)
Masarykovo náměstíBělá pod Bezdězem Czech Republic 25,350272,900195 by 130 m (640 by 427 ft)[45]
The Hashemite PlazaAmman Jordan 25,200271,000
Tyršovo náměstíHostomice Czech Republic 25,200271,000Approx. 400 by 63 m (1,312 by 207 ft)
Piazza del PlebiscitoNaples Italy 25,000270,000
Sennaya SquareSaint Petersburg Russia 25,000270,000Approx. 250 by 100 m (820 by 330 ft)
Red SquareMoscow 24,750266,400Approx. 300 by 70 m (980 by 230 ft)[1]
Place Jean-JaurèsMarseille France 24,670265,500Approx. 225 by 106 m (738 by 348 ft)1890s
Market SquarePułtusk Poland 24,636265,180377 by 68 m (1,237 by 223 ft)
Plaza del PilarZaragoza Spain 24,100259,000
Piazza Duccio GalimbertiCuneo Italy 24,000260,0001800
Queen SquareBristol United Kingdom 24,000260,0001727
Piazza della LibertàFlorence Italy 23,940257,700190 by 126 m (623 by 413 ft)1875
SchlossplatzStuttgart Germany 23,800256,000170 by 140 m (560 by 460 ft)1860s
Market SquareKuopio Finland 23,400252,000180 by 130 m (590 by 430 ft)1775
Syntagma SquareAthens Greece 23,336251,190156 by 156 m (512 by 512 ft)1834
St. Peter's SquareVatican City Vatican City 22,783245,230Ellipse, axes 196 by 148 m (643 by 486 ft)1667[46]
Souq Waqif SquareDoha Qatar 22,600243,000
Piazza della MagionePalermo Italy 22,200239,000
Zhongshan SquareDalian China 22,000240,000
Old Market SquareNottingham United Kingdom 22,000240,000[47]
Karlovo náměstíTřebíč Czech Republic 22,000240,000Approx. 360 by 60 m (1,180 by 200 ft)[48]
Dam SquareAmsterdam Netherlands 20,000220,000200 by 100 m (660 by 330 ft)
Roman SquarePodgorica Montenegro 20,000220,000[49]
Sava SquareBelgrade Serbia 20,000220,000200 by 100 m (660 by 330 ft)2021[50]
Grand'PlaceArras France 20,000220,000200 by 100 m (660 by 330 ft)
Anna SquareChennai India 20,000220,000Built in memory of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai (1967–69)1996
Pershing SquareLos Angeles United States 20,000220,000
StortorgetKarlskrona Sweden 20,000220,000200 by 100 m (660 by 330 ft)
Náměstí Přemysla Otakara II.Vysoké Mýto Czech Republic 19,929214,510145 by 135 by 155 by 129 m (476 by 443 by 509 by 423 ft)[51]
Old Market SquarePoznań Poland 19,881214,000141 by 141 m (463 by 463 ft)1253[52]
Plaza de MayoBuenos Aires Argentina 19,713212,190
Place des VosgesParis France 19,600211,000140 by 140 m (460 by 460 ft)
Husovo náměstíRakovník Czech Republic 19,500210,000390 by 50 m (1,280 by 160 ft)[53]
Plaza de ArmasCusco Peru 19,376208,560173 by 112 m (568 by 367 ft)
VrijthofMaastricht Netherlands 19,300208,0001226
Gwanghwamun PlazaSeoul South Korea 19,024204,770
Place VendômeParis France 18,570199,900213 by 124 m (699 by 407 ft)1699
Macedonia SquareSkopje North Macedonia 18,500199,000
Market SquareLviv Ukraine 18,300197,000142 by 129 m (466 by 423 ft)
Vagzal SquaresBaku Azerbaijan 18,150195,400330 by 55 m (1,083 by 180 ft)
Place de la RiponneLausanne Switzerland 18,000190,000200 by 90 m (660 by 300 ft)1838
Přemysl Otakar II. SquareČeské Budějovice Czech Republic 17,968193,410134 by 134 m (440 by 440 ft)1265[54]
Place Saint-LambertLiège Belgium 17,900193,000Liège JPG01
Place du CanadaMontreal Canada 17,800192,000200 by 89 m (656 by 292 ft)
Market SquareZakliczyn Poland 17,544188,840172 by 102 m (564 by 335 ft)
Freedom SquarePoznań 17,425187,560205 by 85 m (673 by 279 ft)
Vratislavovo náměstíNové Město na Moravě Czech Republic 17,300186,000230 by 75 m (755 by 246 ft)
Mevlana SquareKonya Turkey 17,000180,000[55]
Piazza del DuomoMilan Italy 17,000180,0001330s
Market SquareNowy Sącz Poland 16,610178,800151 by 110 m (495 by 361 ft)
Piazza dei MartiriCarpi Italy 16,560178,300276 by 60 m (906 by 197 ft)
Mírové náměstíKouřim Czech Republic 16,250174,900210 by 78 m (689 by 256 ft)[56]
Martyrs' SquareBeirut Lebanon 16,200174,000270 by 60 m (890 by 200 ft)1860
Plaza Mayor de la ConstituciónGuatemala City Guatemala 16,000170,000
Terreiro do PaçoVila Viçosa Portugal 16,000170,000[57]
Piazza CastelloMilan Italy 15,800170,000[58]
Horní náměstíOlomouc Czech Republic 15,800170,000Approx. 160 by 100 m (520 by 330 ft)
Smetanovo náměstíLitomyšl 15,776169,810493 by 32 m (1,617 by 105 ft)[59]
Market SquareTurku Finland 15,625168,190125 by 125 m (410 by 410 ft)1828
Senatskaya SquareSaint Petersburg Russia 15,625168,190Approx. 125 by 125 m (410 by 410 ft)
Náměstí Tomáše BatiSezimovo Ústí Czech Republic 15,600168,000205 by 77 m (673 by 253 ft)
Mírové náměstíLitoměřice 15,500167,000195 by 90 by 180 by 75 m (640 by 295 by 591 by 246 ft)1220s[60]
Velké náměstíHradec Králové 15,500167,000340 by 90 by 320 by 10 m (1,115 by 295 by 1,050 by 33 ft)
Kongens NytorvCopenhagen Denmark 15,500167,000
Market SquareNowy Targ Poland 15,180163,400138 by 110 m (453 by 361 ft)
AlexanderplatzBerlin Germany 15,000160,000
Republic SquareAntalya Turkey 15,000160,000
Pariser PlatzBerlin Germany 15,000160,000
City Hall ParkSurabaya Indonesia 15,000160,000
Trg RepublikePodgorica Montenegro 15,000160,000[61]
SechseläutenplatzZurich Switzerland 15,000160,000150 by 100 metres (490 by 330 ft)2014
Privokzalnaya SquarePushkin Russia 15,000160,000Circle, diameter 200-metre (660 ft)
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