The Liberty Square ( ar, ساحة الحرية) is an important square at the Aziziyah district, downtown
Aleppo,
Syria.
Intersected by
Yusuf al-Azma
Yusuf al-Azma ( ar, يوسف العظمة, ALA-LC: ''Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah''; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was the Syrian minister of war in the governments of prime ministers Rida al-Rikabi and Hashim al-Atassi, and the Arab Army's chief of general st ...
street from the south to the north, the square is considered to be the beginning of Qustaki al-Himsi street and the end of
Faris al-Khoury street from the east, where the church of Saint
Michael the Archangel
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
of the Melkite Greek Catholics is located. The main entrance of the Aleppo Public Park is located at the western side of the square on Majd Al-Deen Al-Jabiri street. It is the starting point of many other narrow streets-branches as well.
The Liberty Square of Aleppo is surrounded with many restaurants, bars and cafés.
Since 1971, the bust of the Syrian poet and writer
Qustaki al-Himsi
Qustaki al-Himsi ( ar, قسطاكي الحمصي, ; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first refo ...
is erected at the centre of the square.
[ Shamnews:Qustaki al-Himsi (in Arabic)]
Gallery
File:Saint Michael the Archangel of Melkite Greek Catholic church, Aleppo.jpg, Saint Michael church at the Liberty square
See also
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Aleppo
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Qestaki al-Homsi
References
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Squares in Aleppo