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Congo Square

New Orleans, United States of America

Congo Square

Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especia

lly jazz. It was named after the large number of Bakongo slaves, that gave rise much of its cultural influences.

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