Back Kerkplein, Pretoria Afrikaans ميدان الكنيسه ARZ Church Square (Pretoria) German Church Square (Pretoria) French כיכר הכנסייה HE Եկեղեցու հրապարակ (Պրետորիա) Armenian チャーチ・スクエア (プレトリア) Japanese Kerkplein (Pretoria) Dutch
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| Native name | Kerkplein (Afrikaans) |
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| Former name(s) | Market Square |
| Area | 1 ha |
| Coordinates | 25°44′47″S 28°11′18″E / 25.7465°S 28.1882°E |
| North | Palace of Justice |
| East | Tudor Chambers |
| South | Ou Raadsaal |
| West | Old Netherlands Bank building, Old Capitol Theatre |
- Statue Paul Kruger (Anton van Wouw)
- Old ZAR Council Chamber (Sytze Wierda) 1891
- Old Capitol Theatre (PR Cooke) 1931
- Old Netherlands Bank (Wilhelm de Zwaan) 1897
- Regskamers (Phillip, Carmicheal & Murray) 1891
- Café Riche (Francois Soff) 1905
- Palace of Justice (Sytze Wierda) 1902
- Old Reserve Bank and Old Old Mutual Building (Baker & Leith and Frederick McIntosh Glennie) 1930 and 1929
- Ons Eerste Volksbank (Cowin & Ellis) 1930
- Barclays Bank (Gordon Leith) ca 1930
- Tudor Chambers (John Ellis) 1904
- Standard Bank (Stucke & Harrison) 1934
- Bank of Africa (TA & FRE Sladdin) 1906
- Old National Bank and Mint Building and Old National Bank Chambers (F Emley & Scott and unknown architect) 1892 and 1903
- General Post Office (William Hawke) 1910
Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein),[1] is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that stood at the centre of the square from 1856 to 1905. The square's most prominent feature, since June 1954, is the statue of the late Boer leader and president of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger, at its centre.[2] Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers surround that of Kruger on a lower level of the plinth.
- ^ "President Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria's Church Square". sahistory.org.za. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Church Square". Retrieved 19 February 2014.