Paris Square (Haifa)

View of Paris Square in Haifa.

The Paris Square (Hebrew: כיכר פריז‎) 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 and Maronite churches, hotels, etc.^{[citation needed]}

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 a friendly gesture to the French. The station next to the square was named Paris Square as well.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018 the Paris Square Carmelit station was renamed Downtown Station. It is the lower terminus of the Carmelit.^[1]

In 2011, the square was renovated,^[1] and its reopening ceremony was attended by the mayor of Paris at the time, Bertrand Delanoë.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "The renewed and revitalized Downtown – Paris Square Station". Hacarmelit – Subway of Haifa. Haifa. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^ "HAIFA. Visite de M.Bertrand Delanoë, maire de la ville de Paris". Ambafrance.org. June 2008.

External links[]

Media related to Paris Square, Haifa at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 32°49′03″N 34°59′59″E / 32.817566°N 34.999686°E / 32.817566; 34.999686

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[carmelithaifa-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The renewed and revitalized Downtown – Paris Square Station". Hacarmelit – Subway of Haifa. Haifa. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

[2] "HAIFA. Visite de M.Bertrand Delanoë, maire de la ville de Paris". Ambafrance.org. June 2008.

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