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City |
Country |
Dimensions |
Area (m2) |
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Charles Square |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
510 m × 130 m |
80 550 |
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Elisabeth Square |
Budapest |
Hungary |
240 m × 180 m |
43 200 |
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Freedom Square |
Kharkov |
Ukraine |
720 m × 110 m |
119 000 |
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George Square |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
125 m × 90 m |
11 250 |
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Heroes’ Square |
Budapest |
Hungary |
160 m × 160 m |
25 600 |
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Parade Square |
Warsaw |
Poland |
600 m × 400 m |
240 000 |
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Piazza San Marco |
Venice |
Italy |
trapezium: 175 m long and 57 m and 82 m wide |
12 128 |
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Place de la Concorde |
Paris |
France |
240 m × 360 m |
86 400 |
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Place du Canada |
Montreal |
Canada |
200 m × 89 m |
17 800 |
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Plaza Mayor |
Madrid |
Spain |
129 m × 94 m |
12 126 |
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Rabin Square |
Tel Aviv |
Israel |
160 m × 250 m |
40 000 |
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Red Square |
Moscow |
Russia |
330 m × 70 m |
23 100 |
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Russell Square |
Perth |
Australia |
228 m × 120 m |
27 360 |
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St. Peter’s Square |
Vatican City |
Vatican |
ellipse: 196 m × 148 m |
22 783 |
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Syntagma Square |
Athens |
Greece |
156 m × 156 m |
23 336 |
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Tiananmen Square |
Beijing |
China |
880 m × 500 m |
440 000 |
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Trafalgar Square |
London |
United Kingdom |
110 m × 110 m |
12 100 |
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Union Square |
San Francisco |
United States |
120 m × 80 m |
9600 |
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Victoria Square |
Adelaide |
Australia |
161 m × 322 m |
58 000 |
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For further information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_squares_by_size.
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