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Church Square - Definition

Related Words: Affiliation, Body, Branch, Call, Class, Communion, Community, Compline, Confession, Connection, Creed, Cult, Denomination, Disciples, Division, Duty, Evensong

Church Square is the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa.

Its most prominent feature is the statue of the Boer leader and president of the South African Republic Paul Kruger at its centre. Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers surround that of Kruger's on a lower level of the plinth.

Several historically and architecturally significant buildings surround the square: the Palace of Justice, the Old Capitol Theatre, the Tudor Chambers, the Ou Raadsaal (Old Council Chamber) and the General Post Office, which was designed by John Cleland.

The turreted Palace of Justice was the scene of arguably the most famous political trial in South Africa's history, the Rivonia Trial. During this trial, Nelson Mandela and a number of other prominent liberation struggle figures were charged with treason and subsequently incarcerated.

Example Usage of Church

CRob318: RT @DIVAstatingSTAR: my ls jus said hr Church was tha shit...lmao!--ยปChurch & shit in the same sentence
foxyyfi: How old is she? RT @TreySongzGirl06: My aunt asked Kayla was she going to Church...she said " Hell to the no" she is terrible
ritzvalle: "do u have any good books on ur bookshelf? What's this box set?" "that's from my boss!" "is he a Jesus freak 2?" "he's my boss at Church..."
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