Harat al-Kana'is (Churches Quarter)
The site of Haifa's old Christian quarter at or in the neighborhood of today's Paris Square receives its name from four 19th century churches built during a time of intense rivalry among Haifa's various Christian denominations. These are the large Carmelite Church, which gave the Roman Catholic community a firm commercial and social hold near the concentration of Arab residents in Haifa and the centers of commerce and the port; two Greek Orthodox churches, St. Mary's and Saint Ann's, representative of the large Greek Catholic presence in Haifa today; and the Maronite Church.
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