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⭐ Core Definition: Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia)

Lafayette Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the fourth row of the city's five rows of squares, on Abercorn Street and East Macon Street, and was laid out in 1837. It is south of Colonial Park Cemetery, west of Troup Square, north of Taylor Square and east of Madison Square. The square is named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution who visited Savannah in 1825. The oldest building on the square is the Andrew Low House, at 329 Abercorn Street, which dates to 1849.

The square contains a fountain commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Georgia colony, donated by the Colonial Dames of Georgia in 1984, as well as cobblestone sidewalks.

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⭐ Core Definition: Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia)
Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia) in the context of Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Savannah, Georgia)

Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia) in the context of Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Savannah, Georgia)

The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica near Lafayette Square at 222 East Harris Street, Savannah, Georgia. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah.

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