Liberty Square (Aleppo)
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The Liberty Square ( ar, ساحة الحرية) is an important square at the Aziziyah district, downtown
Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...
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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 ...
. 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 staff ...
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 Faris al-Khoury ( ar, فارس الخوري, Fāris al-Khūrī) (November 20, 1877 – January 2, 1962) was a Syrian statesman, minister, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and father of modern Syrian politics. Faris Khoury went on to become p ...
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


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Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...
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Qestaki al-Homsi 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 ref ...


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