Halytska Square

Halytska Square (Ukrainian: Площа Галицька, lit. 'Galician Square', translit.: Ploshcha Halytska) in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is a large square in the city. The square is in Shevchenkivskyi District and located on Kyiv's main westward thoroughfare (Prospect Beresteiskyi – Tarasa Shevchenka boulevard) being its one of the main transportation hubs.

Located on the opposite side of the Old Kyiv, the square is also one of extreme points of the neighborhood along with Maidan Nezalezhnosti. It is a crossing of several historic streets such as Saksahanskoho street, Tarasa Shevchenka boulevard, Zhylianska street, Bulvarno-Kudriavska street - it is a beginning of Prospect Beresteiskyi - one of the longest and broadest avenues (parkway) in the city.

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