Victoria Square, Christchurch
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title:
Victoria Square, Christchurch
text:
Victoria Square is a public park located in central Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally known by European settlers as Market Place or Market Square, it was renamed to Victoria Square in 1903 in honour of Queen Victoria. It was one of the four squares included in the original plan of Christchurch when the city was laid out in 1850. Prior to European colonisation, a small Māori settlement was located here, on the bank of the Avon River / Ōtākaro. The square was a centre of civic life in early Ch
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description:
Public place in Christchurch, New Zealand
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Square,_Christchurch
date created:
2013-08-08T14:23:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T01:39:05Z
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