Copley Square
Copley Square is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: square in Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Art Square”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Copley station and Statue of John Singleton Copley.
Copley station
Railway station
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Copley station is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line, located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Located in and named after Copley Square, the station has entrances and exits along Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street.
Statue of John Singleton Copley
Work of art
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
A statue of painter John Singleton Copley by Lewis Cohen is installed in Boston's Copley Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The bronze sculpture was installed in 2002.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Work of art
The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1994 bronze sculpture by Nancy Schön, installed in Boston's Copley Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The work references one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare, and commemorates Boston Marathon participants.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.
Back Bay
Suburb
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.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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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.
Bay Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.
Copley Square
- Categories: square and recreation area
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35° or 42° 21′ northLongitude
-71.07622° or 71° 4′ 34″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87JC8WXF+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1239199995OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Copley Square” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Copley Square”
- Cebuano: “Copley Square”
- Chinese: “科普利广场”
- Dutch: “Copley Square”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان كوبلى”
- French: “Copley Square”
- German: “Copley Square”
- Italian: “Copley Square”
- Japanese: “コプリー広場”
- Korean: “코플리 광장”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Copley Square”
- Norwegian: “Copley Square”
- Polish: “Copley Square”
- Russian: “Копли-сквер”
- Russian: “Копли”
- Russian: “Площадь им. Копли”
- Russian: “Площадь имени Копли”
- Russian: “Площадь Копли”
- Slovenian: “Copley Square”
- Spanish: “Copley Square”
- Swedish: “Copley Square”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Community Church of Boston and The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.
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