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The market square (or sometimes, the market place) is a feature of many European and colonial towns.〔(The World's Best Squares ), PPS website, Making Places, December 2005〕 It 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''. A typical English market square consists of a square or rectangular area, or sometimes just a widening of the main street. It is usually situated in the centre of the town, surrounded by major buildings such as the parish church, town hall, important shops and hotels, and the post office, together with smaller shops and business premises. There is sometimes a permanent covered market building (the cloth hall), and the entire area is a traditional meeting place for local people as well as a centre for trade. The largest Market Square in Europe is the Main Market Square of Kraków, Poland designed in 1257.〔(Main Market Square in Krakow ), at ''Room With a View'', Krakow. Internet Archive.〕 Incidentally, the longest such square is also located in Poland, in the town of Pułtusk.〔 (Nasze Miasto - Pułtusk (History of Pułtusk), ) Pułtusk Academy of Humanities (Akademia Humanistyczna im. Aleksandra Gieysztora in Pułtusk)〕 File:Sukiennice and Main Market Square Krakow Poland.JPG|Main Market Square, Kraków, Poland File:Alte Markt Dortmund.JPG|Market Square in Dortmund, Westphalia, Germany File:Chapel-en-le-Frith.JPG|Market square in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England == See also == * List of city squares * List of city squares by size * Market house * Marketplace * Markt * Piazza * Plateia * Plaza * Street market * Town square 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Market square」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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