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4 unusual facts about Market Square


Market Square, Turku

They include, for instance, the Hansa and Forum shopping centres, the Wiklund department store, an Orthodox church, a private medical clinic, and several instances of media such as an office of Finland's major newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, locally most significant newspaper Turun Sanomat and YLE.

Market Square, Victoria

Market Square is one of Victoria, British Columbia's oldest landmarks and also one of its most visited tourist attractions.

Pelicanman

In the scene where the camera shifts to Katajanokka seen from the Helsinki Market Square, the Norrmén house by Theodor Höijer is seen in the place of the Enso-Gutzeit main office by Alvar Aalto that is actually situated there.

Praça do Almada

In time, the field of the Calçada became the town's Market square.


Snowy Farr

A familiar sight in the city's Market Square and Lion Yard/Petty Cury slope over several decades, Snowy Farr collected many thousands of pounds for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

South College

Beginning in 1910 it occupied the Cherokee Building on the corner of Church Street and Prince Street, about a block south of Market Square.

The Gardens at Market Square

The $104 million, LEED Silver tower is planned to be 18 floors between the Market Square and Point Park University sections of Downtown Pittsburgh and include a 198 room Hilton Garden Inn hotel and a 340-car parking complex.


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A.C.D. Asti

During the festivities of San Secondo was organized, Racecourse Market Square, a square between the noble Genoa, which had already honors in his four league championships, the Milan Cricket and Football Club, Sport Torino Bold and the Andrea Doria.

Aberra Kassa

However, once in captivity, the bodyguards of the brothers were disarmed and they were executed as rebels in the market square in Fikke.

Canal Days

Nightly concerts in the fully licensed Market Square are also a big part of the festival: Classic rock headliners, tribute bands, and local favorites provide something for every musical taste in this great outdoor venue.

Chipping, Lancashire

Chipping is a prefix used in a number of place names in England, and is probably derived from ceapen, an Old English word meaning 'market', though the meaning may alternatively come from (or via) the Medieval English word chepynge with a more specific meaning of 'long market square'.

Church of All Saints, Pocklington

In 1733, the celebrated Flying Man of Pocklington, Thomas Pelling, attempted to travel along a rope between the church and the Star Inn in the Market Square.

Ely Eel Day

The celebrations start with a parade which begins from Cross Green outside Ely Cathedral and proceeds through the city to the Jubilee Gardens, passing by the Market Square and along the River Great Ouse at Ely's Waterside.

Kleparz

The most interesting sights in Kleparz are the Kleparz Market Square with colorful stalls and the Jan Matejko Square located almost side by side and flanked by the Academy of Fine Arts and the St. Florian Church with the Grunwald Monument at its centre.

Lichfield Heritage Centre

The museum is located on the south side of the market square on the second floor of St Mary's Church in the centre of Lichfield, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom.

Marching and Cycling Band HHK

The first performance of this nowadays well known band took place at the Grote Markt (central market square) during the March of Musicians of 1973.

Market House, Monaghan

Market House, in Monaghan, Ireland, was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale, Rathdrum, County Wicklow and stands in the middle of Market Square.

Old Market Square

The Old Market Square is an open, pedestrianised city square in Nottingham, England.

Folklore has it that it was in the Market Square where outlaw Robin Hood took advantage of an amnesty and won the coveted silver arrow in a contest devised by the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Plaza Mayor, Valladolid

Its existence became defined in the mid-thirteenth century when the market moved from the Plaza de Santa Maria to Market Square, which since the early sixteenth century has been called Plaza Mayor.

Radomyśl Wielki

Also, in the market square there is the only existing prototype of PZL M-2, Polish trainer aircraft designed in PZL Mielec.

Ramsey Quayside Railway

The Ramsey Quayside Railway was an extension off the ex-Manx Northern Railway from the station at Ramsey and ran along the quayside to the market square.

Town Hall Tower, Kraków

The tower serves as a Division of the Historical Museum of Kraków featuring permanent display of photographs of the Market Square Exhibition.

Turlough O'Carolan

A bronze monument by sculptor Oisin Kelly depicting Turlough O'Carolan playing his harp, was erected on a plinth at the Market Square, Mohill, on 10 August 1986, and was unveiled by Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland.

Vallila

Perhaps the most famous scene in Vallila is the small flea market square featured in Aki Kaurismäki's film The Man Without a Past.