in the square
Parce que nous ne sommes pas à la parade ni sur la place d'armes de Tsaritsino.
Because we are neither at the parade nor on the parade ground at Tsaritsino.
— Guerre et Paix (1968)
Des milliers de personnes circulaient sur la place.
Thousands of people were milling around the square.
Regarde ce poteau sur la place.
Look at that pole in the square.