public square

A public square is an open, communal urban space where people gather for social interaction, events, commerce, and civic activities.

Observed surface forms (17)

• courtyard ×39
• public space ×34
• city square ×26
• quadrangle ×14
• public market ×13
• plaza ×11
• garden square ×8
• public plaza ×7
• town square ×7
• open-air market ×6

• square ×6
• market square ×3
• ancient Roman public square ×2
• open public space ×1
• pedestrian plaza ×1
• public field ×1
• urban square name ×1

Instances (312)

• Monastiraki Square
• Elizabeth Quay via concept surface "public space"
• Place de l’Indépendance
• Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace via concept surface "courtyard"
• Third Court via concept surface "courtyard"
  surface form: Third Court, Christ's College, Cambridge
• Market Square, Alexandria
• Custom House Square, Belfast
• Lower Ward via concept surface "courtyard"
• Donegall Square, Belfast, BT1, Northern Ireland
  surface form: Donegall Square
• Königsplatz, Fürth, Germany
  surface form: Königsplatz (Fürth)
• Place de la Nation / Natieplein, Brussels
  surface form: Place de la Nation / Natieplein
• Front Court via concept surface "quadrangle"
• First Court via concept surface "courtyard"
  surface form: First Court, St John’s College, Cambridge
• New Court via concept surface "courtyard"
  surface form: New Court, St John's College, Cambridge
• Place Kléber
• Town Hall Square
  surface form: Town Hall Square (Palm Beach)
• Lincoln's Inn Fields
• Custom House Square
• Praça Marquês de Pombal
• Broad Sanctuary
• Tree Court via concept surface "courtyard"
• Sheridan Circle via concept surface "public space"
• Place de la Cathédrale
• Oahu Market via concept surface "public market"
• Donegall Square
• Old Town Square
• Viktoria-Luise-Platz
• Lechmere Square
• Plaza Gerardo Barrios
• Place de la Planta
• St James's Square, London via concept surface "garden square"
• Schuman roundabout via concept surface "public space"
• Court of the Four Seasons via concept surface "courtyard"
• Place du Maréchal Leclerc (various French cities) via concept surface "urban square name"
  surface form: Place du Maréchal Leclerc
• Sonoma Plaza via concept surface "town square"
• Old Court via concept surface "courtyard"
  surface form: Old Court, Queens’ College, Cambridge
• United Nations Square
• Plaza San Martín
• McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink via concept surface "public plaza"
• Wenceslas Square via concept surface "square"
• Charlotte Square, Edinburgh via concept surface "garden square"
• Museum Campus shoreline via concept surface "public space"
• Bayerischer Platz
• Caius Court via concept surface "quadrangle"
• Court of Abundance via concept surface "courtyard"
• Market Square (Alexandria, Virginia)
• Walnut Tree Court via concept surface "quadrangle"
• Independence Square
• forum of Dougga
• Plaza de la Constitución