Marjeh Square
Template:Short description Template:Infobox street Marjeh Square (Template:Langx), also known as "Martyrs' Square" (Script error: No such module "Lang". sāḥat ash-Shuhadā’), is a square in central Damascus, Syria, just outside the walls of the old city. The Syrian Interior Ministry has its headquarters in the square.
History
The square was built by the Ottomans in the late nineteenth century. A new post office and municipality were built there using steel and cement, new materials for Damascus at that time.[1] The Ottomans publicly executed seven Syrian national activists in the square on Martyrs' Day, 6 May 1916, and it is for this reason known as "Martyrs' Square". After the French took control of Syria they continued to use the square for the same purpose. Fakhri Hassan al-Kharrat, son of the Great Syrian Revolt leader Hasan al-Kharrat, was hanged there in 1925–26.[2] On 18 May 1965, Israeli spy Eli Cohen was publicly hanged in Marjeh Square.[3]
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The Post Office building in Marjeh Square in 1890
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Public hanging in Marjeh Square during the Arab Revolt in 1916–1918
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The Telegraph Column in 1950
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Eli Cohen publicly hanged in Marjeh Square on 18 May 1965
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Marjeh Square in 2009
References
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- ↑ Faedah M. Totah (2014). Preserving the old city of Damascus. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. Template:ISBN. p. 41.
- ↑ Sami M. Moubayed (2006). Steel & silk: men and women who shaped Syria 1900-2000. Seattle, WA: Cune. Template:ISBN. p. 359.
- ↑ Thomas, Gordon: Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
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