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==Propagation==
{{see also|Town square}}
At their conception in the early 17th century, each such garden was a private [[commons|communal amenity]] for the residents of the overlooking houses akin to a garden [[courtyard]] within a palace or community. Such community courtyards date back to at least [[Ur]] in 2000 BC where two-storey houses were built of fired brick around an open square. [[Kitchen]], working, and public spaces were located on the ground floor, with private rooms located upstairs.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YvpfndOKwGgC&dq=false&pg=PA10 Tim McNeese (1999), ''History of Civilization - The Ancient World'', Lorenz Educational Press, p. 10] {{ISBN|9780787703875}}</ref>
In the 20th century, many garden squares that were previously accessible only to defined residents became accessible to the public. Those in central urban locations, such as [[Leicester Square]] in London's West End, have become indistinguishable from town squares. Others, while publicly accessible, are largely used by local residents and retain the character of garden squares or small communal parks. Many private squares, even in busy locations, remain private, such as [[Portman Square]] in [[Marylebone]] in London, despite its proximity to London's busiest shopping districts.
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Privately owned squares which survived the decades after the [[French Revolution]] and 19th century [[Haussmann's renovation of Paris]] include the [[Place des Vosges]] and [[Square des Épinettes]] in Paris. The Place des Vosges was a fashionable and expensive square to live in during the 17th and 18th centuries, and one of the central reasons that [[Le Marais]] district became so fashionable for French nobility. It was inaugurated in 1612 with a grand ''[[carrousel]]'' to celebrate the engagement of [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] to [[Anne of Austria]] and is a prototype of the residential squares of European cities that were to come. What was new about the ''Place Royale'' as it was known in 1612 was that the house fronts were all built to the same design, probably by [[Baptiste du Cerceau]].
In town squares, similarly green but publicly accessible from the outset, is the [[Square René Viviani]]. Gardens substantially cover a few of the famous ''Places'' in the capital; instead, the majority are paved and replete with profoundly hard materials such as [[Place de la Concorde]]. Inspired by ecological interests and a 21st-century focus on pollution mitigation, an increasing number of the Places in Paris today many have a focal tree
The enclosed garden terraces (''French: jardins terrasses'') and courtyards (''French: cours'') of some [[List of palaces#France|French former palaces]] have resulted in redevelopments into spaces equivalent to garden squares. The same former single-owner scenario applies to at least one garden square in London ([[Squares in London#West and southwest|Coleridge Square]]).
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==Africa==
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In Africa, garden squares are rare. Many squares and parks in Africa were constructed during colonial rule, along with European-styled architecture. A well-known square like this in Africa is [[Greenmarket Square]], in the center of [[Cape Town]], which previously hosted more townhouses at its edges but has been mostly paved over.
==Asia==
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Garden Squares generally do not occur throughout Asia. [[Park|Parks]] usually occupy the need for urban green spaces, while historic and modern gardens exist as attractions, not central communal spaces.
==Australia and New Zealand==
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