Madinat al Alab

Madinat al Alab is a park in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Madinat al Alab is situated nearby to the suburb حي الزراعي, as well as near الصابونجية.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Mosque of al-Nuri and Bash Tapia Castle.

Great Mosque of al-Nuri

Ruins

Photo: Ennolenze, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri, also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback".

Bash Tapia Castle

Ruins

Photo: Eng Omer Akram, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bash Tapia Castle, also known as Bashtabiya Castle or Pashtabia Castle, is a ruined 12th-century castle located on the western bank of the Tigris river, forming part of the city wall of Mosul, Iraq.

Our Lady of the Hour Church

Place of worship

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Our Lady of the Hour Church also known as the name of the Latin Church, is a Catholic church in the centre of Mosul, in northern Iraq. Built in the 1870s by the Dominican Fathers, it was especially famous for its bell donated by the Empress Eugenia de Montijo, for which it was sometimes called the Clock Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosul.

Mosul

Mosul is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's second largest city by population. Its religious makeup is one of the most diverse in the country.

Madinat al Alab

Type: Park
Also known as: “Madīnat al Al‘āb”, “Madinat al Al`ab”, and “Madīnat al Alāb, مدينة الالعاب, Madinat al Alab, مدينة الالعاب”
Category: recreation area
Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.35209° or 36° 21′ 8″ north

Longitude

43.13612° or 43° 8′ 10″ east

Elevation

214 metres (702 feet)

Open location code

8H85942P+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1454278853

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6860654

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Madinat al Alab” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مدينة الألعاب”
Arabic: “مدينة الالعاب”
French: “Madinat al Alab”
German: “Madinat al Alab”

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