Deborah at Old Shoes -New Trip tagged the other Slow Travel bloggers with a list of 43 interesting city squares, plazas and piazzas from around the world. She challenges us to find out how many of these squares we have visited.
I went through the list and only came up with 13 squares. I definitely have my work cut out to make a dent on the other 30.
The Forty-Three MEME from Old Shoes, New Trip
Copy this list into your own blog and put an asterisk after each city square you've actually spent time in. (Riding past in a taxi or bus doesn't count.) Please include the link back to Old Shoes - New Trip in you own entry and don't forget to come back to and leave comment on Deborah's post.
1- Piazza Del Campo, Siena, Italy *
2- Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy *
3- Staromestske Namesti, Prague, Czech Republic
4- Markt, Bremen, Germany
5- Grote Markt, Brussels, Belgium *
6- Piazza and Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, Italy *
7- Piazza Del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy *
8- Krasnaja Polscad, Moscow, Russia
9- Sultanahmet Meidani, Istanbul, Turkey
10- Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy *
11- St. Peter's Square, The Vatican *
12- Place Des Vosges, Paris, France *
13- Place Vendome, Paris, France
14- Place Des Terreaux, Lyon, France
15- Place Stanislas, Nancy, France
16- Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain *
17- Schlossplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
18- Plaza De La Constitucion, Mexico City, Mexico
19- Praca do Comercio, Lisbon, Portugal
20- Trafalgar Square, London, UK *
21- Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany
22- Konigsplatz, Munich, Germany
23- Winter Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia
24- Piccadilly Circus, London, UK *
25- Piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy *
26- Piazza Dell'Unita D'Italia, Trieste, Italy
27- Theaterplatz, Dresden, Germany
28- Maria Theresien Platz, Vienna, Austria
29- Hosok Tere, Budapest, Hungary
30- Plaza De Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
31- Times Square, New York City, USA *
32- Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China
33- Praca Dos Tres Poderes, Brasilia, Brazil
34- Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada
35- City Hall Plaza, Boston, USA
36- Plateau Beaubourg, Paris, France
37- Tsukuba Center Square, Tsukuba, Japan
38- Place Du Nobre D'Or, Montpellier, France
39- Placa Dels Paisos Catalans, Barcelona, Spain
40- Parliament Square, Canberra, Australia
41- California Plaza, Los Angeles, USA
42- Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
43- Potsbamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Comments (6)
Cool, Marta. Your list has four that mine doesn't. Thanks for being the first person to take my challenge!
Posted by Deborah | September 4, 2008 9:29 PM
Posted on September 4, 2008 21:29
Well, I only have visited 8! At first I only thought I had visited 7 until I noticed the Brussels one you marked. When I looked it up, I realized that the Grote Markt, Brussels is another name for the The Grand'Place - a beautiful square with wonderful memories.
Posted by girasoli | September 5, 2008 12:14 AM
Posted on September 5, 2008 00:14
Only ten! :(
Posted by Leslie | September 5, 2008 1:23 AM
Posted on September 5, 2008 01:23
Our lists are remarkably similar (except mine won't post until tomorrow morning).
Posted by softdrink | September 5, 2008 7:41 PM
Posted on September 5, 2008 19:41
Your list is similar to mine except the square in Brussels (I might have driven by) and the one in Paris.
Posted by María I. | September 6, 2008 8:24 AM
Posted on September 6, 2008 08:24
Our lists ARE very similar except that I haven't been to Spain. It's fun to go around and look at these.
Posted by Annie | September 9, 2008 8:07 AM
Posted on September 9, 2008 08:07