King Faisal Street ( ar, شارع الملك فيصل) is a main street in central

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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 ...

. Located to the northwest of the

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 ...

connecting the Aleppo Public Park with Al-Sabil Park.King Faisal street
/ref> The street ends up with Shihan Square to the north of the city centre.

History

King Faisal street was founded in 1919, to connect al-Jamiliyah district at the city centre with al-Sabil park, through the Syriac district. It was named in the honour of

Faisal I Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi ( ar, فيصل الأول بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ''Faysal el-Evvel bin al-Ḥusayn bin Alī el-Hâşimî''; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ...

the king of

. In 1964, the Saint Matilda Melkite Greek church was opened on the street. Later in 1994, Al-Rahman mosque was built on the street, adjacent to al-Sabil park. The street served as a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

until 2008 when the separating green row of trees was removed and the street was turned to a single-way avenue.

Gallery

File:King Faisal street Aleppo 1950.jpg, King Faisal street in 1950 File:Saint Matilda Church, Aleppo (2).jpg, Saint Matilda church File:Rahman mosque.jpg, Al-Rahman mosque on Faisal street

References

Aleppo Streets in Syria {{AleppoSY-geo-stub