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Monterey Square Savannah Ga.

January 26, 2012 by · Comments Off on Monterey Square Savannah Ga. 

Monterey Square Savannah Ga., The city of Savannah, Georgia, United States, was laid out in 1769 around four open squares. The plan anticipated growth of the city and thus expansion of the grid; additional squares were added during the 18th and 19th centuries, and by 1851 there were twenty four squares in the city. In the 20th century, three of the squares were demolished or altered beyond recognition, leaving twenty one. In 2010, one of the three “lost” squares, Ellis, was reclaimed. Most of Savannah’s squares are named in honor or in memory of a person, persons or historical event, and many contain monuments, markers, memorials, statues, plaques, and other tributes.

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