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The district developed in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and was mainly the home to middle-class residents relocating from immigrant neighborhoods. While the district's residents were mainly Western European, particularly German and Irish, in its first decades, the area became predominantly Italian around 1900 and remained so until ...
The face of St Helier as sculpted on the 1978 monument La Croix de la Reine in St Helier. Saint Helier Harbour is named after Helier (or Helerius), a 6th-century ascetic hermit from Belgium. The traditional date of his martyrdom is AD 555. His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on 16 July.
A 2005 residential and commercial development in St. Helier incorporates a plaque and light installation marking the boundary of La Vingtaine de la Ville The Historic Town Centre of St Helier is in the vigntaine
St Helier (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ər /; Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi; French: Saint-Hélier) is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, [4] over one-third of the island's total population.
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The summer travel season is right around the corner, and Chicago's mayor is urging businesses to start traveling again and visiting the city of Chicago. Chicago launches tourism campaign at city ...
Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in St. Helier, Jersey. [1] [2] The fort is in close proximity to the fortified South Hill Engineers Barracks at La Collette and overlooks the 16th-century Elizabeth Castle and harbour to the west.
Mount Bingham also known as South Hill is a hill (48 meters; 157 feet) in St. Helier, the capital of the Channel Island of Jersey. It is named after Sir Francis Richard Bingham who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1924 until 1929. A road that circles the coastal side of Mount Bingham is known by the same name.