ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the transfer of Western-style, multi-purpose, public squares, henceforth also referred to as piazzas, to the Latin Levant. This process deserves academic attention, as it represents a rare medieval example of the implementation of a typically Western element of urban planning into a region with its own deeply rooted urban tradition. The chapter discusses the role of these spaces and offers suggestions regarding their functionality and the agency of those responsible for their creation. The capital of the kingdom of Cyprus is another important city of the Latin East with recorded public squares. The multitude of factors affecting the physical form of the acquired cities indicate that the Latin authorities could not apply one policy in the management of spatial arrangements and the introduction of public squares within them. Information about other public squares in Nicosia is scarcer and reveals little about their chronology and roles.
