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St. Francis Square (Bratislava)

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Kostol svätého Františka z Assisi (Karlova Ves) II
Kostol svätého Františka z Assisi (Karlova Ves) II

St. Francis Square is situated in the Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It also is a part of the Bratislava IV district. St. Francis Square was opened in 2004. Already in March 2005 they had a problem with collapse. Therefore, it was closed for one more year and was finished and finally opened in May 2006. The square is designed to a shape of a circle. There is a nice fountain in the center of the circle, surrounded by well grown grass, nice bushes, flowers and benches. There are trees only near the road, because under the square there is an underground garage. Half of the circle is enclosed by polyfunctional building.

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St. Francis Square (Bratislava)
R. Hidalgo Street, Manila Quiapo (Third District)

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N 14.5981 ° E 120.983 °
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R. Hidalgo Street 742
1001 Manila, Quiapo (Third District)
Philippines
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Kostol svätého Františka z Assisi (Karlova Ves) II
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