Aleppo Public Park (
Arabic
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: الحديقة العامة بحلب) is a 17 hectare
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...
located in
Aleppo
)), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black".
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. With its hexagonal shape the park is located in Gare de Baghdad district covering an area between Jamiliyeh and Aziziyeh districts. It is bordered by "Majd Al-Deen Al-Jabiri" street from the east, "Kamel Al-Ghazzi" street from the west and
Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square
Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square ( ar, ساحة سعدالله الجابري, Sāḥat Saʿad Allāh al-Jābirī) is the central town square at the heart of the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is the most important square in the city, experiencing most of ...
from the south. The park is intersected by
Queiq River
The Queiq (Modern Standard Arabic: , ''Quwayq'', ; Syrian Arabic, northern Syrian Arabic: ''ʾWēʾ'', ), with many variant spellings, known in antiquity as the Belus ( grc-gre, Βήλος, ''Bēlos''), Chalos and also known in English as t ...
.
It was founded in 1949 as a result of the efforts of the local community and city authorities.
The park is home to many art works of famous Syrian sculptors. The statue of emir
Sayf al-Dawla
ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī ( ar, علي بن أبو الهيجاء عبد الله بن حمدان بن الحارث التغلبي, 22 June 916 – 9 February 967), more commonly known ...
is located at the main entrance while the statue of poet
Khalil al-Hindawi
Khalil Al Hindawi (1906, Sidon – 1976, Aleppo) was a Syrian writer and poet.
Early life
Hindawi finished his studies at Al Makasid Islamic and Charitable Association in Saïda in 1924, and started teaching there when he was 17 years old. He ...
is located near the central fountains.
In October 2006, new dancing water fountains were installed at the centre of the park.
Gallery
File:Aleppo Public Park view3.jpg, The park in 2007, general view
File:Aleppo Public Park view 2012 January.jpg, The park in 2012
File:Aleppo Public Park view 2012 January-b.jpg, The park during winter
File:Aleppo public park view.jpg, View from the park
File:Aleppo Saad Allah Al-Jabri Park 9056.jpg, Dancing water fountain at the end of the park
References
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