Liberation Square, Baghdad

Liberation Square or al-Tahrir Square (Arabic: ساحة التحرير), originally known as Queen Alia Square (Arabic: ساحة الملكة عالية) is a square located in central Baghdad at the intersection of al-Sadoun Street and al-Jumhuriya Bridge road. Liberation Square is Baghdad's biggest and most central square located in the al-Rusafa part of the city on the eastern banks of the Tigris river.

Liberation Square
City Square
The square in 1961
The square in 1961
LocationAl-Sadoun Street and al-Jumhuriya Bridge
Baghdad, Iraq Iraq

Description

Known as al-Tahrir Square locally, the square consists of open public spaces with the Ummah Garden, situated behind the square. It is home to a major monument which commemorates the 1958 establishment of the Republic of Iraq.[1]

History
The Freedom Monument with Liberation Square in the background

The area that became al-Tahrir Square was first established in 1937 during the Royal era where a roundabout was built.[2] The monument, known as Nasb al-Hurriyah is located here which celebrates Iraqi history by depicting key events leading up to the creation of a republic. The monument, designed by the leading Iraqi sculptor Jawad Saleem and architect, Rifat Chadirji, opened in 1961.[1]

Al-Tahrir Square was reported as being the epicenter of the unrest of the October 2019 Iraqi protests.[3]

See also

References
  1. Reynolds, D.F., The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture,Cambridge University Press, 2015, p. 199
  2. https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/111120221
  3. "Iraq protests: Capital Baghdad blocked as unrest escalates". BBC. 3 November 2019.

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