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A town square (or public square, urban square, or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town, and which is used for community gatherings. A square in a city may be called a city square. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green.
A market square (also known as a market place) is a square meant for trading, in which a market is held. [1] It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world. [ 2 ] A market square is an open area where market stalls are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on one particular day of the week known as market day .
Nearly every sizable town had such instruments of public humiliation, usually at the town square. In pre-Tokugawa Japan, adulterers were publicly exposed purely to shame them. [citation needed] In Liberia, boy soldiers stripped civilian women to humiliate them; this was described with the verb phrase "to naked someone else." [25]
In Ukraine the term town (містечко, mistechko) existed from the Medieval period until 1925, when it was replaced by the Soviet government with urban type settlement. [29] Historically, a town in the Ukrainian lands was a smaller populated place that was chartered under the German town law and had a market square (see Market town).
Leah Kemp, director of Small Town Center, said the event was a first stab at getting the public's input on plans for a new Madison town square. The photos and dots provided an outlet for face-to ...
Public Square may refer to: Public square or Town square, an open public space in many municipalities; in the United States. Public Square (Watertown, New York)
Plateia or Platia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding.
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