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The Square (other)
The Square may refer to: Places * Cathedral Square, Christchurch, locally known simply as the Square *The Square, Bournemouth, a public square *The Square, Tallaght, a shopping centre in Dublin * The Square, Harlow, a now closed small music venue in England *The Square, Palmerston North, in central Palmerston North, New Zealand *The Square, West Palm Beach, a lifestyle center development in West Palm Beach, Florida *Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, locally known as The Square * The Square (restaurant) (1991–2020), a London restaurant *Fayetteville Historic Square in Fayettesville, Arkansas Films *''The Square'' (1957 film), a British short film directed by Michael Winner * ''The Square'' (1994 film), a Chinese documentary *''The Square'', a 2007 Belarusian documentary, released on DVD as ''Kalinovski Square'' * ''The Square'' (2008 film), an Australian film * ''The Square'' (2013 film), an Egyptian/American documentary film * ''The Square'' (2017 film), a Swedish fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Cathedral Square, locally known simply as the Square, is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located. The square stands at the theoretical crossing of the city's two main orthogonal streets, Colombo Street and Worcester Street, though in practice both have been either blocked off or detoured around the square itself. The cathedral was badly damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Naming The square was originally intended to be called Ridley Square, after the Protestant martyr Nicholas Ridley, but in Edward Jollie's 1850 plan of central Christchurch it is clearly marked Cathedral Square. Ridley's co-martyrs and colleague bishops, Cranmer and Latimer have Squares named after them, not far distant from Cathedral Square. The original choice of Ridley is another of Christchurch's many references to Oxford, since Ridley was martyred there. History In the original surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
