Yusuf al-Azma Square | |
Native Name: | ساحة يوسف العظمة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Image Place: | Downtown Damascus.jpg |
Image Caption: | Yusuf al-Azma Square in October 2008 |
Place Type: | City square |
Coordinates: | 33.5163°N 36.2951°W |
Location: | Al-Jabiri Street, Damascus, Syria |
Open: | 1947 |
Owner: | City of Damascus |
Yusuf al-Azma Square (Arabic: ساحة يوسف العظمة / ALA-LC: sāḥat Yūsuf al-‘Aẓmah), also called al-Muhafaza Square, is an important square in central Damascus, Syria. Named after the late minister of war Yusuf al-Azma where his statue stands in the middle of the square. The municipality of Damascus is located on the square, along with other official and commercial buildings, including Cham Palace Hotel.
In 2007, the square was rehabilitated by paving it with black basalt stone, planting medians with flowers, bitter orange trees on all roads leading to it, paving the square with lime stone, and changing the system of water fountains.[1]