Liberty Square and the Crescent represent one of the most important urban redevelopments in Salerno, as well as one of the most beautiful modern architectural projects in Italy. Designed by Ricardo Bofill, Freedom Square represents the largest seaside square in Europe

The history of Liberty Square and the Crescent building originates from the City of Salerno's desire to redevelop the Santa Teresa area during the 1990s. In 1994, Salerno Mayor Vincenzo de Luca implemented a city redevelopment plan by architect Oriol Bohigas. The approval of the final design, by international architect Ricardo Bofill, did not occur until 2006, after several legislative processes required the creation of a square. The work on the square and Crescent did not get underway until 2009.
A series of legal troubles due to the discovery of a series of structural problems at the area's roof level between the years 2012 and 2013 lead to the suspension of work multiple times to the slippage of the work's final construction date. In 2016, the construction of Liberty Square resumed with the involvement of new construction firms until the late summer of 2021, when Liberty Square is officially opened to the public on Sept. 20.

The Salerno Crescent is a semicircular building located at the end of the Salerno waterfront, about 30 meters high, designed by Catalan architect . Architect Bofill's idea was to create a new image and identity for Salerno's waterfront, namely the creation of a building that decrees the opening of the city of Salerno to the sea. The Crescent is configured as a huge circular crown embracing Europe's largest seafront square.

Liberty Square has an area of about 28,000 square meters, a hemicycle structure with a diameter of 150 meters and a pavement that recalls the ancient Norman geometries, of which there are many traces in the city's historic center. The paving is mainly made through two materials: imperial green marble and lava stone with black granite details. The square has a shape inspired by a triangle, at the apex of which is the so-called diamond, characterized by a sheet of water as an ideal visual link between land and sea.

Salerno's Crescent represents the city's new center of gravity; in fact, this huge building complex with residential and tourist purposes extends the existing waterfront and aggregates it with the nearby maritime station.
The Crescent stands on an arcaded commercial gallery at plaza level. The first level above ground and the mezzanine level have a purely commercial function; the five levels above the first order have a residential use, with 120 apartments whose functional distribution is characterized by a succession of modules containing two apartments and/or offices. Finally below Liberty Square is a huge underground public parking area.