Gathering place

This article is about the general concept of a "gathering place". For the park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, see Gathering Place.

A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters.

Rebekah at the Well 1860 woodcut in Die Bibel in Bildern.

Examples of gathering places include Stonehenge, the agora of ancient Greece, New York City's Central Park, and London's Trafalgar Square.

See also

• Public space
• Third place
• Urban geography
• Community of place
• Social environment
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