Timthal Baghdad
Timthal Baghdad is a public monument in Baghdad, created by the sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat and inaugurated in 2013. It is a tall column with a woman dressed in Abbasid costume sitting on the top.Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: public monument in Baghdad
- Also known as: “Baghdad’s Statue”
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 17th of Ramadan Mosque and Palestine Hotel.
17th of Ramadan Mosque
Place of worship
Photo: Usamasaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 17th of Ramadan Mosque is a mosque in al-Rusafa, Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque is situated in the eastern Karrada district, opposite al-Firdos Square, in front of the Ishtar Hotel. 17th of Ramadan Mosque is situated 430 metres west of Timthal Baghdad.
Palestine Hotel
Hotel
The Palestine Hotel, often referred to simply as The Palestine, is a 16-story luxury hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. Located on the Firdos Square near from Saadon, across from the Ishtar Hotel, the hotel overlooks the Tigris on its eastern bank and is located several hundred metres south of the Baghdad Hotel. Palestine Hotel is situated 730 metres west of Timthal Baghdad.
Shammash Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shamash School was an Iraqi Jewish high school located on al-Rashid Street, Baghdad, founded in 1928. The school was supported by the Anglo-Jewish Association and had more than 900 students at its peak in 1939. Shammash Synagogue is situated 1 km north of Timthal Baghdad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karrada and Bab Al-Sharqi.
Karrada
Suburb
Karrada is an affluent district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It covers a large area, divided into western and eastern side by the Tigris. An upper-class district, it is well-known for luxurious hotels, shopping centers and corporate headquarters.
Bab Al-Sharqi
Suburb
Bab Al-Sharqi is a neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding Bab Al-Sharqi market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.
Zayouna
Suburb
Zayouna is a neighbourhood of east Baghdad, Iraq. It is a diverse, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent Karrada suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the Iraq Football Association; the "Baghdad Bulletin", Iraq's English-language news magazine; and Tariq bin Ziad High School, featured in British-American-French television documentary film, The Boys from Baghdad High. Zayouna is situated 3 km east of Timthal Baghdad.
Timthal Baghdad
- Categories: monument, sculpture, and tourism
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.31572° or 33° 18′ 57″ northLongitude
44.42641° or 44° 25′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8H568C8G+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 11244525817OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q58883789
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Timthal Baghdad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب بغداد”
- Uzbek: “Timthal Bag’dod”
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