Shashoua Palace

Shashoua Palace is a castle in , . Shashoua Palace is situated nearby to the police station , as well as near .
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: palace in Baghdad
  • Also known as: قصر شاؤول شعشوع

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iraq National Library and Archive and Adila Khatun Mosque.

Library
The is the national library and national archives of . It is located in the Iraqi capital of and was founded in 1920. It has often been affected by losses resulting from warfares. is situated 1½ km southeast of Shashoua Palace.

Mosque
The is a Sunni in the district of , in the of . It was originally founded and built by Adila Khatun, the daughter of Ahmad Pasha ruler the Mamluk state of Iraq, and the wife of Sulayman Abu Layla. is situated 1 km southeast of Shashoua Palace.

Hospital
Baghdad formerly known as Saddam from 1983–2003 and before that known as Teaching Hospital from 1973–1983 is a complex of several teaching hospitals in Bab Al-Moatham, , . is situated 1¼ km south of Shashoua Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Amedi.

Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in , . Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.

Quarter
Al-Adhamiyah, also Azamiya, is a neighborhood and east-central district of the city of , . It is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad.

Quarter
or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, . It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.

Shashoua Palace

Latitude
33.35877° or 33° 21′ 32″ north
Longitude
44.37409° or 44° 22′ 27″ east
Open location code
8H56995F+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 961854095
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q12233050
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Shashoua Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قصر شعشوع
  • Hebrew: שאול שעשוע
  • Swedish: Qasr Shashoua

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include فوج طوارئ بغداد السادس and مديرية الافواج.

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