Liberty Square (Taipei)

Liberty Square
Town square
Freedom Square
Former name(s): Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Square
Liberty Square
Liberty Square
Features
DesignYang Cho-cheng
Opening date1970s
Area240,000 square metres (2,600,000 sq ft)
Dedicated toChiang Kai-shek
LocationZhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Liberty Square (Taipei) is located in Taiwan
Liberty Square
Liberty Square
Coordinates: 25°2′4″N 121°31′18″E / 25.03444°N 121.52167°E / 25.03444; 121.52167
Liberty Square
Traditional Chinese自由廣場
Simplified Chinese自由广场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZìyóu Guǎngchǎng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChū-iû Kóng-tiûⁿ

Liberty Square (also Freedom Square) is a public plaza covering over 240,000 square metres (2,600,000 sq ft) in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It has served as the city's public gathering place of choice since its completion in the late 1970s. The name of the square recalls the important historical role it played in Taiwan's transition from one-party rule to modern democracy in the 1990s.