Martyrs’ Square in downtown Tripoli, Libya has undergone dramatic transformations during the colonial and post-colonial periods. The square was originally created by the Italians, who named it Piazza Castello after the historic castle. In the colonial period it was mainly used for political and military celebrations, this function continued into the post-colonial period. Under Gaddafi’s regime, and for political purposes, the square was tripled in size and renamed The Green Square. During the Italian colonial period and the two decades after independence in 1951, Libyans women used this square no more than as a passageway to the commercial area in the old city. They crossed it, wearing their farashiyas – a Libyan women traditional garment that covers the whole body except for one eye. During the Gaddafi era, women, whose way of dressing started to be modified – they began to appear in public with only a headscarf or in some instances without any head cover, continued using the square as a passageway. However, in political and military ceremonies, a few women did attend the parades or observe them. After the fall of Gaddafi’s regime, women gathered in large numbers in the square to celebrate the new revolution. Some of them even performed the Eid prayers, for the first time, with men in the square. Women occupied specific zones with invisible borders separating them from men. Based on archival research and secondary sources, the paper traces the change in Martyrs’ square design and changes of women’s presence and their diverse uses of the square.