Plaza Bolivar (Lima)
Plaza Bolivar may refer to: * Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia * Plaza Bolívar, Lima, Peru *Many public squares in Venezuela including: ** Plaza Bolívar (Caracas) ** Plaza Bolívar (Valencia) {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green. Most squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets, concerts, political rallies, and other events that require firm ground. Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores. At their center is often a well, monument, statue or other feature. Those with fountains are sometimes called fountain squares. By country Australia The city centre of Adelaide and the adjacent suburb of North Adelaide, in South Australia, were planned by Colonel William Light in 1837. The city streets were laid out in a grid plan, with the city centre including a central public square, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plaza Bolívar, Lima
The Plaza Bolivar is also known as the Plaza of Congress or Plaza of the Inquisition as it is surrounded by the Legislative Palace which is the seat of the Congress of Peru, and the site of the former Tribunal of the Inquisition. It is located in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of the Historic Center of Lima, the capital of Peru. It is located at the second block of Abancay avenue, three blocks east of the Plaza Mayor of Lima. Gatherings and parades are held at the plaza during national holidays due to Simon Bolivar, being the liberator of five South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...n countries, being the plaza's namesake. Gallery File:Plazabolivar.jpg, The Plaza Bolivar with the Our Lady of Charity church in the 1800s File:Plazabolivar1.jpg, The Plaza ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plaza Bolívar (Caracas)
Plaza Bolivar may refer to: * Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia * Plaza Bolívar, Lima, Peru *Many public squares in Venezuela including: ** Plaza Bolívar (Caracas) ** Plaza Bolívar (Valencia) {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |