Boston Common
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of 50 acres of land bounded by five major Boston streets: Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as: “The Common”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Massachusetts State House and Boston Public Garden.
Massachusetts State House
Government building
Photo: Audience, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston.
Boston Public Garden
Park
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks and is bounded by Charles Street and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and Beacon Hill to the north, Arlington Street and Back Bay to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Monument
Photo: GearedBull, CC BY 2.5.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a monument erected in Boston Common in downtown Boston, dedicated to soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who died in the American Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Boston and Beacon Hill.
Downtown Boston
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Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: HouseOfScandal, Public domain.
Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
Boston Common
- Category: urban park
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Boston Common” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Boston Common”
- Azerbaijani: “Boston-Kommon”
- Catalan: “Boston Common”
- Cebuano: “Boston Common”
- Chinese: “波士顿公园”
- Dutch: “Boston Common”
- Esperanto: “Boston Common”
- Finnish: “Boston Common”
- French: “Boston Common”
- German: “Boston Common”
- Hebrew: “בוסטון קומון”
- Hindi: “बोस्टन कॉमन”
- Irish: “Boston Common”
- Italian: “Boston Common”
- Japanese: “ボストン・コモン”
- Japanese: “ボストンコモン”
- Korean: “보스턴 코먼”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Boston Common”
- Persian: “کومون بوستون”
- Russian: “Бостон-Коммон”
- Spanish: “Boston Common”
- Swedish: “Boston Common”
- Tamil: “பாசுடன் காமன்”
- Thai: “บอสตันคอมมอน”
- Urdu: “بوسٹن کامن”
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Localities in the Area
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