Al Madfa‘ park

Al Madfa‘ park is a park in , . Al Madfa‘ park is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the neighborhood .
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Damascus Governorate, Syria
  • Also known as: “Hadiqat Ibn Hani” and “حديقة ابن هانئ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum in Damascus and Rawda Square.

Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of , . As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history spanning over 11 millennia.

Square
Al-Rawda Square is a square in north-west Damascus. The square is the location of the National Security Building, where the Defence Minister as well as President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law were assassinated on July 18, 2012 during the Syrian civil war.

Monument
Photo: Khaled ajlani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya is a takiyya, located in , , on the right bank of the Barada River. Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the western building of the complex was built, following the plans of Mimar Sinan, between 1554 and 1559.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.

Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or is a municipality of , . In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city. is situated 2½ km northeast of Al Madfa‘ park.

Al Madfa‘ park

Latitude
33.51806° or 33° 31′ 5″ north
Longitude
36.28628° or 36° 17′ 11″ east
Elevation
702 metres (2,303 feet)
Inception
1947
Open location code
8G5RG79P+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43162987
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
8373809
Wiki­data ID
Q21594923
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Al Madfa‘ park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة ابن هاني”
  • Arabic: “حديقة المدفع”
  • Cebuano: “Ḩadīqat Ibn Hānī”
  • Swedish: “Ḩadīqat Ibn Hānī”

Localities in the Area

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