Paris Square
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) Paris Square (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Praça Paris'') is located in the Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Glória neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Designed by French urban planner Alfred Agache (architect), Alfred Agache, i ...

Paris Square (Haifa)
The Paris Square ( he, כיכר פריז; ar, 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. History The Hamra Square was a public space created in Haifa during 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 norh and adjacent to the Carmelite Monastery, which called later the "Carmelite Compound". The buildings were designed in 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 th ...
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Paris Square (Jerusalem)
Paris Square ( he, כיכר פריז, ''Kikar Pariz'', also called: France Square = ''Kikar Tzarfat)'' is a town square in Rehavia, Jerusalem. The name ''France Square'' was established in 1959. In 2007 the city of Paris gave Jerusalem a "French Fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were or ..." that was built in the middle of the square. From that time the square has been called: "Paris Square". The square is near the official residence of the Prime Minister of Israel and became a major protest site during the 2020-21 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu. References {{Commonscat, Paris Square, Jerusalem Squares in Jerusalem Rehavia ...
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Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz ( en, Paris Square) is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the anti-Napoleon Allies' victory at the Battle of Paris (1814), and is one of the main focal points of the city. History Pariser Platz is the square immediately behind the Brandenburg Gate when approaching the historic heart of Berlin from the zoological garden in the west. The Neoclassical Brandenburg Gate was completed in the early 1790s by Carl Gotthard Langhans. Until 1814, the square was known simply as ''Quarrel'' or ''Direct'' (the Square). In March 1814, after Prussian troops along with the other Allies captured Paris after the overthrow of Napoleon, it was renamed Pariser Platz to mark this triumph. The Brandenburg Gate was the main gate in the western side of the Customs Wall that surrounded the city in the eighteenth century. In fact ...
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