The Liberty Square () is an important square at the Aziziyah district, downtown
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
, Syria.
Intersected by
Yusuf al-Azma
Yusuf al-Azma (, ; ALA-LC: ''Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah''; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was a Syrian military officer and revolutionary figure who was the minister of war of the Arab Kingdom of Syria under the governments of prime ministers Rida al-Rikabi and ...
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, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second- ...
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 as well.
The Liberty Square of Aleppo is surrounded with restaurants, bars and cafés.
In 1971 the bust of the Syrian poet and writer
Qustaki al-Himsi
Qustaki al-Himsi (, ; 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 reformers of the traditional Arab ...
was 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
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
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Qestaki al-Homsi
Qustaki al-Himsi (, ; 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 reformers of the traditional Arab ...
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Squares in Aleppo