Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

Mezzeh prison

Mezzeh prison is a now-defunct prison overlooking the capital, operated by Ba'athist Syria. Mezzeh is the name of a neighborhood in western Damascus.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: Syrian prison
  • Also known as: “Mazzeh jail”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mouasat University Hospital and Children’s Hospital.

Hospital
Al-Mouwasat University Hospital was founded on 1958 in Damascus, Syria. It is mainly composed of 4 buildings; Administration Building, Emergency and Out-Patient Clinics Building and the Physician Residence Building, alongside those building there is the Cardiovascular Surgery Building. is situated 1 km east of Mezzeh prison.

Hospital
Photo: Bassel.92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The General Authority for Children's Hospital is a pediatric in Damascus, Syria. It is public hospital under the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University. is situated 1 km east of Mezzeh prison.

Hospital
Photo: Bassel.92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
in is one of the largest teaching hospitals in . It was founded in 1988 and is run by the Ministry of Higher Education. is situated 1½ km east of Mezzeh prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Qudsaiya.

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
Photo: waill.hamada.1, CC BY 3.0.
Qudsaya is a city in and the administrative centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of , 7 km west of Damascus. is situated 5 km northwest of Mezzeh prison.

Quarter
is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of , . It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, had a population of 9,600, all Muslims. is situated 6 km northeast of Mezzeh prison.

Mezzeh prison

Latitude
33.5099° or 33° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude
36.2522° or 36° 15′ 8″ east
Open location code
8G5RG752+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 564765583
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q6826716
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Mezzeh prison” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سجن المزة العسكري”
  • Arabic: “سجن المزة”
  • Arabic: “سجن المزه”
  • Armenian: “Մեզզեի բանտ”
  • Chinese: “梅泽赫监狱”
  • Chinese: “梅澤赫監獄”
  • French: “prison de Mazzeh”
  • French: “prison de Mezzeh”
  • French: “Prison de Mezzeh”
  • Indonesian: “Penjara Mezzeh”
  • Turkish: “Mezzeh Hapishanesi”

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Highlights include كنيسة القديس نيقولاوس للروم الارثوذكس and Charles de Gaulle School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mezzeh prison”. Photo: Yvonnefm, CC BY-SA 3.0.