Telegraph Column
The Telegraph Column, located in Damascus, Syria, is a commemorative monument celebrating the completion of the telegraph line between that city and Hajj sites, in the former Ottoman Empire. It was designed by Raimondo D'Aronco.Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marjeh Square and Saif Al-Din Yalbugha Mosque.
Marjeh Square
Square
Marjeh Square, also known as "Martyrs' Square", 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.
Saif Al-Din Yalbugha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: عمر الحافظ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yalbugha Mosque was a 13th-century mosque on the Barada river in Damascus, Syria. It was built by the Mamluks in 1264 CE or by Yalbughā al-Yahyāwī in 1346–47 CE.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Umayyad Mosque is situated 800 metres east of Telegraph Column.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
Telegraph Column
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Marjeh Square Monument” and “عمود المرجة”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.51263° or 33° 30′ 46″ northLongitude
36.29809° or 36° 17′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG77X+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 10160504977OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q12248482
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Telegraph Column” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب ساحة المرجة / دمشق”
- Arabic: “نصب ساحة المرجة”
- Arabic: “نصب ساحه المرجه ( دمشق)”
- Indonesian: “Tugu Telegraf (Damaskus)”
- Indonesian: “Tugu Telegraf”
- Turkish: “Telgraf Anıtı”
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