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Republic Square (other)
Republic Square may refer to: Argentina *Plaza de la República (Buenos Aires), Argentina Armenia * Republic Square, Yerevan Czech Republic *Náměstí Republiky, Prague France *Place de la République (Lyon) *Place de la République, Paris *Place de la République (Strasbourg) Georgia *Rose Revolution Square, until 2005 Republic Square in Tbilisi Germany * Platz der Republik (Berlin) * Platz der Republik (Hamburg) * Platz der Republik (Mönchengladbach) Italy * Piazza della Repubblica, Florence * Piazza della Repubblica (Novara), see Novara Cathedral * Piazza della Repubblica, Rome Kazakhstan * Republic Square, Almaty Malta *Republic Square, Valletta * Republic Square, Tarxien, see List of squares in Malta * Republic Square, Żejtun, see List of squares in Malta Mexico *Plaza de la República, Mexico City, site of the Monumento a la Revolución Montenegro * Republic Square, Podgorica Nicaragua *Plaza de la Revolución (formerly Plaza de la República), Managua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza De La República (Buenos Aires)
Plaza de la República (''Republic Square'') is a city square in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. It is located in the San Nicolás quarter, at the intersection of the city's three main arteries: Ninth of July Avenue, Corrientes Avenue, and ''Diagonal Norte''. It derives its name and associations from a church once sited on the square, San Nicolás de Bari (demolished in the 1930s for the creation of 9 July Avenue), where the country's national flag was hoisted for the first time. The plaza is the site of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, designed by Alberto Prebisch and inaugurated in 1937. The plaza, originally a circular esplanade paved in stone, was enlarged to its current dimensions in 1962. Its present layout was established in 1971, when Corrientes Avenue was rerouted through the plaza and around the obelisk to ease car traffic into the city's financial district. Metro Three lines of the Buenos Aires Metro The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |