The Paris Square ( Hebrew : כיכר פריז ; Arabic : 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 .
5-761: Paris Square can mean: Paris Square (Haifa) , a city square in Haifa Paris Square (Jerusalem) , a city square in Jerusalem Pariser Platz , a city square in Berlin Paris Square (Rio de Janeiro) , a city square in Brazil Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paris Square . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-693: A friendly gesture to the French. The station next to the square was named Paris Square as well. In 2018 the Paris Square Carmelit station was renamed Downtown Station. It is the lower terminus of the Carmelit. In 2011, the square was renovated, and its reopening ceremony was attended by the mayor of Paris at the time, Bertrand Delanoë . 32°49′03″N 34°59′59″E / 32.817566°N 34.999686°E / 32.817566; 34.999686 This geography of Israel article
15-607: 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 Israeli government commissioned the Carmelit funicular subway system from a French company, it decided to rename the area to Paris Square as
20-682: 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 north and adjacent to the Carmelite Monastery, which called later the "Carmelite Compound". The buildings were designed in
25-488: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paris_Square&oldid=1201522917 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paris Square (Haifa) The Hamra Square was a public space created in Haifa during
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