This image of Tahrir Square from 1962 shows the pedestal (foreground) where the statue of King Farouk would have gone. The white building just above the pedestal was the home of former president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party, which demonstrators gutted and burned in the recent protests. Photo 3 of 4 in Design and History of Tahrir Square by Aaron Britt

Design and History of Tahrir Square

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This image of Tahrir Square from 1962 shows the pedestal (foreground) where the statue of King Farouk would have gone. The white building just above the pedestal was the home of former president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party, which demonstrators gutted and burned in the recent protests.