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3 unusual facts about Independence Square


Casa Marieta

located in the Independence Square of Girona, also well-known like Sant Agustí Square, because formerly the convent of Sant Agustí had been risen there.

Kyiv in Miniature

There are 48 miniatures in the park, including Independence Square and Khreschatyk, Kiev Pechersk Lavra, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Golden Gates, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Mother Motherland Monument, Kiev Passenger Railway Station, Boryspil Airport and others.

Victoriaborg, Accra

The area was nationalized in a symbolic sense with the siting of the Bank of Ghana, Ministries, Independence Square, and the headquarters of newly established national companies in the district.


Antonio Neumane

Neumane is known today as the composer of the Ecuadorian National Anthem, which was performed for the first time on August 10, 1870 in the Independence Square of Quito, with Neumane as the orchestra director.

Bridge over Institute Street

The Bridge over Institute Street is a pedestrian bridge located at Independence Square that crosses over Institute Street.

Department of National Archives

The headquarters of the National Archives is situated along Reid Avenue in close proximity to Independence square, Colombo and has a branch office in Kandy.

Leonardo Cárdenas

On behalf of FONSAL he wrote music for the main event of the Quito Proclamation Light Bicentennial (Pregón del Bicentenario Luz de Quito), with the participation of Venezuelan violinist Alexis Cardenas, Argentine pianist Lito Vitale, Chilean multi-instrumentalist Mauricio Vicencio and others, made on August 1, 2009, on Independence Square.


see also

Flag of the Hispanic People

The flag was first raised on Independence Square of Montevideo on October 12, 1932.

Interior Troops of Ukraine

On November 28, 2004 over 10,000 Interior Troops mobilized to put down the protests on Independence Square in Kiev according to their commander Lt. Gen. Sergei Popkov.

Madam Tinubu

Tinubu Square on Lagos Island, a place previously known as Independence Square, is named after the late Oloye.

Mary A. Bomar

Following Senate confirmation, she was sworn into office on October 17, 2006 by United States Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne at Independence Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

In her honour were baptised in Florence the Piazza Maria Antonia – today Piazza dell'Indipendeza (Independence Square), the railway line Maria Antonia and the homonym station, now called Firenze Santa Maria Novella.