Palace Square is St. Petersburg's main square and is a good example of how different styles can be combined in the most elaborate way. On the northern side of the square stands the picturesque Baroque Winter Palace (built in 1754-62). Across the square, on the southern side, there is the classi... |
Trafalgar Square is one of the most famous squares and tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. It has Nelson’s column at its centre and guarded by four lion statues at its base. Statues and sculptures are on display in the square, including a fourth plinth displaying changing pieces of contempo... |
Dam Square is a town square in Amsterdam. It is best known for the famous buildings and frequent happenings going on in the square on a regular basis. Historical sites, monuments, and range of historic hotels can all be found in Dam Square. The history of Dam Square in Amsterdam goes back as far as ... |
St Marks Square (Piazza San Marco) is the heart of Venice and the first stop for most first-time visitors to the city of Venice as it is home to many major monuments. St Mark's square was described by Napolean as the most beautiful dining room in Europe. Dominated by it's Byzantine Basilic... |
Piazza Navona is one of the most famous and arguably the most beautiful of Rome's many city squares. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium.. In ancient Rome, this was a stadium, now is the most famous a... |
Römerberg is the central and most beautiful square in Frankfurt's Altstadt (Old Town). The east side of this a cobblestone plaza square, opposite the Römer is known as the Ostzeile. This row of six picturesque half-timbered houses are reconstructions of the original 15th and 16th century hous... |
Durbar Square in Bhaktapur is on the list of UNESCO world cultural heritage sites. The Durbar Square is the major centre of all the activities going in Bhaktapur. This place was greatly destroyed by the 1934 earthquake and became more spacious. This place is still an architectural showpiece with num... |
Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza that forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965, and, as with the City Hall, the square was ... |
Yonge-Dundas Square, also simply known as Dundas Square, is a commercial market square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. One of the busiest intersections in Toronto, the square was constructed during a revitalization project. The square was created f... |
Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. At the north end of the Square is Tiananmen Tower. Initially built in 1417 during the Ming Dynasty (136... |
One of the most outstanding sights in Old Havana, Cuba, is the Plaza de la Catedral, one of the most beautiful squares in the city, with the towers of the Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana which dominate the square. The exquisitely cobbled Plaza de la Catedral (Cathedral Square) was the last s... |
Havana's Plaza Vieja (Old Square) is the fruit of the first attempt at urban planning in this part of the world, combining different styles - baroque, neoclassical, art nouveau - in an authentically Cuban composition. The homogeneous ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-i... |
The Azadi Square is a city square in Tehran, Iran and was built during the Shah's regime. The Azadi Tower, stands in the middle of it. It was previously known as the Shahyād Āryāmehr, is the symbol of Tehran of Iran, and marks the entrance to the city (at the entrance to Tehran - Karaj speci... |
The Eminonu district forms part of the Eminonu Peninsula and is at the crossroads of 3 bodies of water: the Golden Horn, Bosphorus Strait and the Marmara Sea. Eminonu is on the southern side one of Istanbul’s most iconic landmarks - the Galata Bridge, which spans the Golden Horn. Most visitors com... |
Jamaa el Fna is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). This ominously named square in Marrakech, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, has a sinister past. Djemaa el Fna, meaning ‘Assembly of the Dead’ in Arabic, was the site of public executions as far back as th... |
