Kikar Hamedina, Public square in Tel Aviv, Israel
Kikar Hamedina is the largest public square in Tel Aviv, a wide open space with a bare earth surface surrounded by a circular street called He Be'Iyar Street. The square is bordered by low fences and crossed by paved roads with crosswalks, and around it stand buildings with shops on the ground floor and apartments above.
The square was planned in the 1930s and 1940s, and in the 1960s it was still a sandy open area used by traveling circuses. Over the following decades, buildings with shops and offices were constructed around it, and in 2011 it hosted a large social protest gathering.
The name of the square means "Square of the State" in Hebrew, and it has long been a meeting point for the city. Today, the ground floor of the surrounding buildings houses international fashion boutiques, and people come here to shop or simply stroll around the open space.
The square is easy to reach on foot from nearby streets, and the flat ground makes it simple to walk across. Visitors should watch for traffic on the roads that cross the area, as cars pass through regularly.
In the 1970s, the square was nicknamed "Ankara Square" or "Persian Square" because many of the business owners were Jewish immigrants from Iran and Turkey. More recently, starting in 2019, construction began on three spiral-shaped residential towers that will change the look of the area.
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