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Paris Square
Paris Square can mean: * Paris Square (Haifa), a city square in Haifa * Paris Square (Jerusalem), a city square in Jerusalem * Pariser Platz Pariser Platz ( en, Paris Square) is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the anti-Napoleon ..., a city square in Berlin * Paris Square (Rio de Janeiro), a city square in Brazil {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Square (Haifa)
The Paris Square ( he, כיכר פריז; ar, ساحة باريس) also known as Hamra Square or the Churches District is a public square in Haifa, Israel, located in Downtown Haifa. It was built during the Ottoman period. History The Hamra Square was a public space created in Haifa during the Ottoman period. It was surrounded by a market, Carmelite (St. Elias Carmelite Church) and Maronite (St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa) churches, hotels, etc. In 1935; the Carmelite order commissioned italian architect Giovanni Borra to design the area bordering on Paris Square (Khamra) from the norh and adjacent to the Carmelite Monastery, which called later the "Carmelite Compound". The buildings were designed in the International Style with Tubzeh (split face) and Musamsam (light chiseled) stone cladding. The result: two spectacular three-story and five-story blocks on the corners that defiine Eliyahu Hanavi St., surrounded on both sides by a portico and comerece. In 1954, when the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
