Al-Jaraar Monument ( ar, نصب الجرار) is a bronze monument located in al-Alawi area in the
Karkh district of
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
,
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
. The monument was designed and created by the Iraqi sculptor
Miran al-Saadi
Miran al-Saadi (born 1934, Baghdad- 1987 Baghdad) was an Iraqi sculptor noted for producing monumental works for Baghdad's public spaces and for developing "in the field sculpture."
Life and career
Born 1934 in Baghdad, he graduated from the ...
who built it to represent old pots used in Baghdad throughout the ages. The monument officially opened in 1962.
[''Baghdad Tourism Guide Book'', Baghdad edition, 2011, p. 81]
See also
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Iraqi Fighter Monument
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Monument to the Unknown Soldier
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Victory Arch
The Victory Arch ( ar, قوس النصر ''Qaws an-Naṣr''), officially known as the ''Swords of Qādisīyah''، and popularly called the ''Hands of Victory'' or the ''Crossed Swords'', are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. E ...
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Buildings and structures in Baghdad
Iraqi art
Statues in Iraq
Monuments and memorials in Iraq
Landmarks in Iraq
1962 establishments in Iraq
Buildings and structures completed in 1962
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