In the United States, a town square is an area in the middle of a traditional town consisting of a park or plaza and surrounded by small shops. Shops often include bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, clothing stores and many others. The town square often also has or had the historic original county or citycourthouse.
In urban planning, a city square is a planned open area in a city, usually or originally square in shape. Some are permanently or on certain days of the week used for an open market. See list of city squares.
large publicsquare in Beijing, China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City.
The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall of the People, the museum of history and revolution, and the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall.
Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic in the square on Oct. 1, 1949, an anniversary still observed there.
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