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Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hospital
Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hospital is a hospital in İzmir, Turkey. The hospital was built in April 1947, after a fire burned İzmir when the Turkish military troops visited. The building is the built in the Modernist style of architecture as it was part of the city planning and architecture project in the 1920s. It was designed and built by Zeki Sayar and continues to function as a children's hospital. The structure is well-preserved and has not changed significantly since its creation. Hikmet Gökmen restored the building and reorganized and updated the surrounding environment to fit modern needs. Location The building is located on Cumhuriyet Square with a planted garden by the partition border walls. Due to the destruction of World War I, İzmir lost many architectural buildings. And while the city was rebuilt many public and governmental structures were built around the hospital. The area around the hospital was built with wide boulevards. Architecture The hospital is buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumhuriyet Square (İzmir)
Cumhuriyet Square (, meaning ''Republic Square'') is one of the main town square, urban squares of İzmir, Turkey, located between the neighbourhoods of Alsancak and Çankaya in the Konak, İzmir, Konak district. It is a coastal square at the port of İzmir, very close to Pasaport Quay along the shoreline of the Aegean Sea. It is one of the most popular urban squares of İzmir for public gatherings, together with Konak Square and Gündoğdu Square. History The square was built as part of the urban planning, master plan for the reconstruction of İzmir following the Great Fire of Smyrna, Great Fire in 1922. The Atatürk Monument (İzmir), monument at the center of the square, which features an equestrian statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is made of marble and bronze, and was crafted by the renowned Italy, Italian sculptor Pietro Canonica in 1927 (he also crafted the Republic Monument at Taksim Square in Istanbul, and other monuments in Ankara, Turkey.) The square was officially o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
