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		<title>Ston and Mali Ston, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 19:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The two settlements (Mali Ston meaning Little Ston) form an interesting system, for they are linked by some of the longest fortifications in Europe, originally over 7km long, with almost 5km remaining today. The walls climb and descend along with a hill, which separates the two settlements. Mali Ston was founded in 1333, as part &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/ston-and-mali-ston-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ston and Mali Ston, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Masarykovo náměstí from Nový Jičín, Czech Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 08:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From its highly regulated structure, it appears that this town was founded at the end of the 13th century, most likely from nothing, on the grounds of a barren field. Its square, with its nearly even sides, includes buildings with very different styles. It has been deemed the most beautiful square north of the Alps, and &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/masarykovo-namesti-from-novy-jicin-czech-republic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Masarykovo náměstí from Nový Jičín, Czech Republic</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Praça de Santa Maria, Óbidos, Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 07:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Óbidos is the stereotypical portrait of a medieval city: a closed world; a world onto itself; hierarchical; assembled around a centre; and marked by its square and its Cathedral; a settlement surrounded by walls. Óbidos is one of the few medieval settlements whose original walls are still intact. Praça de Santa Maria contains its most &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/praca-de-santa-maria-obidos-portugal/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Praça de Santa Maria, Óbidos, Portugal</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plaza del Coso from Peñafiel, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 07:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peñafiel is by no means famous for its square, but rather for its wines and the massive medieval castle that dominates this settlement. Plaza del Coso is nonetheless very interesting from a historical and urbanistic perspective. It is a very large square –&#160;3500 square meters in size– unpaved, and surrounded by 48 houses, all with &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plaza-del-coso-from-penafiel-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza del Coso from Peñafiel, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Terreiro da Sé from Porto, Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 07:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Terreiro da Sé is a paradox. Although Terreiro, the square of the Porto Cathedral, is surrounded by old buildings and seems to have existed forever – or at least since medieval times – it is actually a modern creation, dating from 1940, designed to showcase the Cathedral. In order to construct this square, a relatively &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/terreiro-da-se-from-porto-portugal/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Terreiro da Sé from Porto, Portugal</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Titov Trg from Buzet, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 07:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The incredibly small church square in Buzet is positioned at the highest point of this settlement. However, it affords no sense of perspective, giving one the sensation of being an interior space, since its small perimeter makes the buildings in the square seem much taller than they actually are, and the sky only a small &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/titov-trg-from-buzet-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Titov Trg from Buzet, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza Grande from Palmanova, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 20:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Palmanova was built in 1593 as a military town, a star fort intended for the defence of Venice. The town knew fighting only once in its history, when Venice fought in the Grandisca War against Austria. Its structure, developed by Scamozzi, has remained unchanged to this day.&#160; Although its basic shape is a polygon with &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-grande-from-palmanova-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza Grande from Palmanova, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Praça de D. Pedro IV from Lisbon, Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 20:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although its official name is Praça de D. Pedro IV, this square is known by locals as Rossio. A site where important historical events have taken place, since medieval times it has been considered the heart of Lisbon. Around 1450, Paço dos Estaus was built on the northern side of the square, on the grounds &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/praca-de-d-pedro-iv-from-lisbon-portugal/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Praça de D. Pedro IV from Lisbon, Portugal</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piața Cetății  from Alba Iulia, Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 20:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alba Iulia has the largest Vauban-style fortress in southeastern Europe. It was built between 1716 and 1735 on the site where a medieval citadel and a Roman castrum once stood. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Morando Visconti and approved by Eugene of Savoy, the fortress has six triumphal gates and seven bastions. At the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piata-cetatii-from-alba-iulia-romania/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piața Cetății  from Alba Iulia, Romania</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza della Libertà and Piazza Matteotti from Udine, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 19:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Piazza della Libertà is the oldest square in Udine, and is considered the most beautiful square on the&#160;terraferma, as the Venetian continental possessions were called. It was originally formed as an intersection between the main roads of the town, at the base of a hill with a castle and where a road designed by Palladio &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-della-liberta-and-piazza-matteotti-from-udine-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza della Libertà and Piazza Matteotti from Udine, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piața Mare and Piața Mică from Sibiu, Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 19:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Called Großer Ring in German, Piața Mare was first mentioned in the 14th century. It served as a stage for main events but also as a site for public executions. The square contained, in typical central European style, a statue of Roland; a cage for the insane; and a column of St. John Nepomouk, which today stands in &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piata-mare-and-piata-mica-from-sibiu-romania/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piața Mare and Piața Mică from Sibiu, Romania</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Slobode and Trg Marafor from Poreč, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trg Marafor, the largest square in the town of Poreč (or Parenzo in Italian), lies at the sea-end of a peninsula, with its name stemming from the words&#160;Mars&#160;and&#160;forum. Poreč was the site of an important Roman castrum. The forum held a temple to the god Mars, the greatest Roman temple on the eastern Adriatic. Several &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-slobode-and-trg-marafor-from-porec-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Slobode and Trg Marafor from Poreč, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Marafor and Trg Slobode from Poreč, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trg Marafor, the largest square in the town of Poreč (or Parenzo in Italian), lies at the sea-end of a peninsula, with its name stemming from the words&#160;Mars&#160;and&#160;forum. Poreč was the site of an important Roman castrum. The forum held a temple to the god Mars, the greatest Roman temple on the eastern Adriatic. Several &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-marafor-and-trg-slobode-from-porec-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Marafor and Trg Slobode from Poreč, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Rimskog Foruma from Zadar, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 15:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The urban structure of present-day Zadar has its origins in the time of Julius Caesar. A Roman municipium, called Iader, was built here soon after the province of Illyricum was established in 59 BC. As unlikely as it would seem today, its regular structure is perfectly visible in the structure of the current town, despite &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-rimskog-foruma-from-zadar-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Rimskog Foruma from Zadar, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Andrea Antico from Motovun, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Andrea Antico square in Motovun is the only flat place in this tiny hill town. The Etruscans were not the only ones to build hill towns, for they are also quite numerous in the Istrian peninsula, in present-day Croatia. Motovun, or Montona in Italian, is the most beautiful of all such towns, with narrow &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-andrea-antico-from-motovun-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Andrea Antico from Motovun, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plaza Mayor from Valladolid, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 15:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the largest in Spain, the Plaza Mayor in Valladolid has a perfectly rectangular shape, with a length of 122 meters and a width of 82 meters, establishing a 3 x 2 proportion. It is the first square of its type built in Spain, closed and with a regular plan. It will serve as &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plaza-mayor-from-valladolid-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza Mayor from Valladolid, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ploshcead Sveti Aleksandar Nevski from Sofia, Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Immediately after 1878, when Bulgaria gained its independence, plans began for an imposing cathedral to be built in Sofia. The foundation stone was placed in 1882, but the cathedral was only finished by the middle of the 20th century. It was dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky, in memory of the Russian soldiers. Around the cathedral, one &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/ploshcead-sveti-aleksandar-nevski-from-sofia-bulgaria/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ploshcead Sveti Aleksandar Nevski from Sofia, Bulgaria</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Am Markt from Wismar, Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wismar, a Baltic Sea port, flourishes during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Hanseatic League. With a size of 10,000 square meters, Am Markt, the city’s main square, is one of the largest and most beautiful in northern Germany. The buildings show a wide variety of styles, from 14th century red brick &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/am-markt-from-wismar-germany/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Am Markt from Wismar, Germany</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piața Unirii and Piața Libertății from Timișoara, Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1716, the troops of Eugene of Savoy conquer Timișoara from the Turks. The Austrians decide to build here one of the greatest bastion-fortresses in Europe. Its fortifications would be demolished in the 19th century, but the two very beautiful squares, built in the typical Central-European style, remain.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Baščaršija from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Baščaršija dates back to the 15th century, when İshakoğlu İsa Bey, the Turkish governor of Bosnia, builds Sarajevo. In keeping with the Oriental urban tradition, the cities have no square but a bazaar- this is what Baščaršija means and it was the commercial, administrative and cultural heart of the place. Here, mosques were built, along &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/bascarsija-from-sarajevo-bosnia-and-herzegovina/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Baščaršija from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Grote Markt was originally a square on the outside of the medieval city, a place where northern and southern traders would exchange wares. In 1220, duke Hendrik I van Brabant regales the space of the square to the community. This will become the city centre. The present shape is the result of successive modifications, &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/grote-markt-from-antwerp-belgium/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Grote Markt from Antwerp, Belgium</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Republic Náměstí Míru and Horní Náměstí from Slavonice, Czech Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Called Zlabings in German, and first mentioned in 1260, Slavonice lies one kilometre from the Austrian border. Its geographic position might be the reason its architecture has survived to this day. After expelling the German population in 1945, the town, now too close to the frontier, is deliberately left deserted by the new authorities, with &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/republic-namesti-miru-and-horni-namesti-from-slavonice-czech-republic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Republic Náměstí Míru and Horní Náměstí from Slavonice, Czech Republic</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cearshia from Kruševo, Republic of North Macedonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kruševo, or Crușova in Aromanian, is the tallest town in the entire Balkan Peninsula, located on Bushova mountain. The architecture is interesting and atypical, midway between Europe and the East. The town was built by wealthy Aromanians, forced to migrate after Moscopole was burnt down by the Ottomans, along with Slavs from the mijak group, &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/cearshia-from-krusevo-republic-of-north-macedonia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cearshia from Kruševo, Republic of North Macedonia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Sveti Nikole from Perast, Montenegro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The urban structure dates from the time of the town’s greatest economic growth, under Venetian rule. As in many coastal towns, the square is also a port. Here one finds the city hall to the west and the stock market to the east. On the northern side, the church of St. Nicholas has the highest &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-sveti-nikole-from-perast-montenegro/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Sveti Nikole from Perast, Montenegro</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alter Markt and Neuer Markt from Stralsund, Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Old Square and the New Square lie on different margins of the town, almost symmetrically positioned in relation to the geographical centre, which is completely atypical for the Middle Ages. Despite their name, the dates when they were built are probably not far apart. Alter Markt is first recorded in 1277, when a document &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/alter-markt-and-neuer-markt-from-stralsund-germany/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Alter Markt and Neuer Markt from Stralsund, Germany</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Schwerin’s Am Markt is the very definition of a square. A quadrangle with almost equal sides in the geographical centre of the city, it has held this central spot since the beginning, bringing together all the important buildings, from the cathedral to the city hall, dominated from a distance by a fairy-tale like castle. Strict &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/am-markt-from-schwerin-germany/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Am Markt from Schwerin, Germany</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia from Trieste, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Piazza Grande or&#160;Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia&#160;is the largest square with a view to the sea in the whole of Europe, measuring almost 17000&#160;m2. Although separated by a road and a promenade, the square and the waters of the Adriatic seem to blend together when the passerby gazes at the space from the other side of the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-dellunita-ditalia-from-1-trieste-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia from Trieste, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza Paolo VI and Piazza della Loggia from Brescia, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Piazza Paolo VI is Brescia’s main square, as well as the largest, is part of a greater square system. It dates from the medieval period. Here one finds the Duomo Vecchio and the Duomo Nuovo, as well as Il Broletto, the city hall building. But the most beautiful of the squares in Brescia is the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-paolo-vi-and-piazza-della-loggia-from-brescia-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza Paolo VI and Piazza della Loggia from Brescia, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ploshcead Bdintsi from Vidin, Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First a Celtic, then a Roman, then a Slavic settlement, and then administered by the Turks, Vidin is dominated by the Danube. The square is new and perfectly typical for the Socialist Realism period. At its centre lies a monument dedicated to the soldiers of the 3rd Vidin regiment, who perished in the Second World War.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza Gabriotti and Piazza Matteotti from Città di Castello, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Città di Castello is found in an ancient Umbrian settlement, on the fertile banks of the Tiber. The town, maintaining a large part of the buildings raised during its period of flourishing, is unusual in that it has two central squares. Equally important throughout its entire history, Piazza Gabriotti and Piazza Matteotti, once called Piazza &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-gabriotti-and-piazza-matteotti-from-citta-di-castello-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza Gabriotti and Piazza Matteotti from Città di Castello, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plaza del Mercado Chico from Ávila, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems the Roman forum once stood on the site of Plaza del Mercado, which became the centre of the community at the end of the 11th&#160;century when the region was repopulated. In the Middle Ages, it used to be a&#160;plaza porticada, a square bordered by columns, with a weekly fair, as well as corridas &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plaza-del-mercado-chico-from-avila-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza del Mercado Chico from Ávila, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Námestie Majstra Pavla from Levoča, Slovakia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Levoča, called Leutschau in German and Lőcse in Hungarian, was the capital of the historical region of&#160;Spiš&#160;and features one of the largest squares in Central Europe. It is almost unchanged, with only one or two modern intrusions, bounded by 50 old houses, a few of them with painted façades. At the centre of the rectangular &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/namestie-majstra-pavla-from-levoca-slovakia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Námestie Majstra Pavla from Levoča, Slovakia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This historic town has Plaza Mayor as its nucleus, for all the streets begin here, leading to the gates out of the citadel, whose walls are still reasonably well-kept even today. The City Hall building, dating from the 16th century, is known for&#160;El abuelo Mayorga, a funny human figurine who, every half hour, strikes the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plaza-mayor-from-plasencia-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza Mayor  from Plasencia, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piața Universității from Bucharest, Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is one of the most important squares in Bucharest, with a shape influenced by Haussmann’s model of grand intersections. At the end of the 15th&#160;century, this was located at the edge of the city, but today it often plays the role of Bucharest’s central square, and, in recent history, it has been the scene &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piata-universitatii-from-bucharest-romania/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piața Universității from Bucharest, Romania</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plaza Mayor from Segovia, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Segovia’s Plaza Mayor has a special meaning for the history of Spain. In 1474, when it was still called San Miguel Plaza, the Catholic Queen Isabella of Castile was crowned there. Otherwise, it is a typical Spanish square. Nonetheless, in an urbanistic sense, it offers an unexpected yet at the same time visually interesting performance. &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plaza-mayor-from-segovia-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza Mayor from Segovia, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Velké náměstí from Kroměříž, Czech Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kroměříž is first mentioned in 1110. It has a large square, whose focal point is a baroque-style column raised in the middle in order to mark the end of the plague epidemic in 1680. Next to it there is a fountain, part of the town’s water supply, dating from 1665 yet modified several times. The &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/velke-namesti-from-kromeriz-czech-republic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Velké náměstí from Kroměříž, Czech Republic</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is nothing spectacular about the Naarden square. It is an irregular, not particularly large space, unfolding around Grote Kerk, a red brick church built in the northern Gothic style of the 15th century, dedicated to St. Vitius before the Protestant Reformation. Nevertheless, this church is among the oldest in the Netherlands, surviving a fire &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/markt-from-naarden-netherlands/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Markt from Naarden, Netherlands</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marktplein de Hof from Amersfoort, Netherlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This city maintains the traces of successive borders. The walls surrounding the centre were torn down in the 15th century, but their original positions can still be seen, marked by the “muurhuizen”, the clay wall-houses. Linear suburbs have grown outside the old city, along the main roads. In time, the spaces between these and the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/marktplein-de-hof-from-amersfoort-netherlands/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Marktplein de Hof from Amersfoort, Netherlands</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Republike Hrvatske from Šibenik, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Šibenik is no exception among the towns on the Dalmatian coast. It did not originate as a Greek colony, nor was it founded by Illyrians or Romans, but by the first Croats to settle here. Yet its later history is not very different from that of other coastal towns, impacted by the arrival of the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-republike-hrvatske-from-sibenik-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Republike Hrvatske from Šibenik, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Luža and Gundulićeva poljana from Dubrovnik, Croatia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 13:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trg Luža, the large square in Dubrovnik, lies at the end of the largest artery crossing the citadel from west to east, called Stradun or Placa. Each extremity represents a point of entry into the citadel, marked by a gate and a square. This structure, clearly visible in an aerial photograph, is linked to the &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/trg-luza-and-gunduliceva-poljana-fromdubrovnik-croatia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Luža and Gundulićeva poljana from Dubrovnik, Croatia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Piazza del Comune  from Assisi, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 11:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Assisi,famous due to Saint Francis, is, through its positioning, yet another exception to the rule of Etruscan settlements. It lies not on a hill, but on a steep side of Mount Subasio. It also holds its own “secrets”. For one, its shape, irregular like any medieval square, represents the shape of the town in miniature. &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-del-comune-from-assisi-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza del Comune  from Assisi, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 11:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[San Marco Square lies at the edge of the largest and lowest island in the Venetian lagoon and is the only square in the city which is called&#160;piazza, with all the others being called&#160;campo. It has two distinct zones, yet their function may not be understood without considering the whole, which actually makes them inseparable: &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/piazza-san-marco-fromvenice-italy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piazza San Marco from Venice, Italy</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plateia Aristotelous from	Thessaloniki, Greece</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The history of Aristotelous square began with a fire that destroyed two thirds of the city in 1917. Until that point – due to centuries of Ottoman rule – Thessaloniki was an Oriental city, with no square. Moreover, any attempt to design one had been thwarted by the impossibility of demolishing an area which had &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/plateia-aristotelous-fromthessaloniki-greece/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plateia Aristotelous from	Thessaloniki, Greece</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trg Herceg Stjepana from Herceg Novi, Montenegro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Herceg Novi (Castelnuovo in Italian) is not new as the name claims, but rather quite old, for it was founded in 1382 on the site of a fishing village by the Bosnian King Stephen I, which is also the name of this town’s central square. The Turks conquered the town in 1482 and remained there &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2020/european-squares/herceg-novi-montenegro-trg-herceg-stjepana/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trg Herceg Stjepana from Herceg Novi, Montenegro</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Náměstí Svornosti from Český Krumlov, Czech Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 21:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Náměstí Svornosti is a small, 45 x 60 meter square. Beautiful but unexceptional, grouping a number of houses with Renaissance façades, it has a baroque column and is bounded on one side by the arches of the old City Hall building. The town, called Krumau in German, grew around the splendid castle, whose first historical &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2019/european-squares/namesti-svornosti-from-cesky-krumlov-czech-republic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Náměstí Svornosti from Český Krumlov, Czech Republic</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marktplatz from Elburg, Holland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 05:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elburg’s square is the result of an intersection between two main arteries, and reproduces on a much smaller scale the quadrangular shape of the city. Elburg has perfect geometrical proportions, thought out in such a way that its measurements link to the&#160;golden number[MOU1]&#160;. The city, whose shape has remained unchanged, was built between 1392 and &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2019/european-squares/marktplatz-fromelburg-holland/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Marktplatz from Elburg, Holland</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Praça Francisco Rodrigues Lobo from Leira, Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 20:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This square has an important role in the social and economic life of the Leira community, for it is filled with cafes and terraces, where numerous events are organised. The square’s pavement is considered one of the most beautiful in Portugal. In medieval times, the square held seasonal fairs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mogarraz is a small, historic settlement in Sierra de Francia, the mountains near Salamanca. The origins of the settlement stem back to the 11th century, when it was founded by the Gascons. The village is well-known today in Spain due to the hundreds of portraits of locals, drawn on house walls by Florencio Maíllo, a local &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2019/european-squares/plaza-mayor-from-mogarraz-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza Mayor from Mogarraz, Spain</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plaza Nueva from Bilbao, Spania</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a square filled with life, bars, shops, taverns, terraces, restaurants. Built between 1821 and 1851 in a neoclassical style and surrounded by identical buildings, with three levels and a colonnade, it is called Plaza Nueva, in contrast to the city’s medieval square, and measures 3400 square meters. The functionalist style of its buildings &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2019/european-squares/plaza-nueva-from-bilbao-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plaza Nueva from Bilbao, Spania</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tavisuplebis Moedani  from Tbilisi, Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A true symbol of Georgian independence, this area was named Freedom Square in 1918, during the First Georgian Republic. The name returns after the collapse of the USSR, proudly defining the country’s current identity, strengthened by the golden statue of Saint George defeating the dragon, which was placed here in 2006. It is interesting to &#8230; <a href="https://www.intothesquare.org/2019/european-squares/46-tavisuplebis-moedani-from-tbilisi-georgia/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tavisuplebis Moedani  from Tbilisi, Georgia</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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