Farhat Square

Farhat Square ميدان فرحات
City square
Cathedral of St. Elijah in Farhat Square, Jdayde district
Owner	City of Aleppo
Location	Al-Jdayde, Aleppo, Syria
Farhat Square Location in Aleppo
Coordinates: 36°12′25.46″N 37°09′19.31″E

Farhat Square (Sahat Farhat) is one of the oldest squares in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is located in the old Jdeydeh District, outside the historic walls of the Ancient City of Aleppo.^[1]

Farhat Square is a symbolic area of Christianity in Aleppo as three cathedrals are located there: Greek Catholic, Armenian and Maronite.^[2] Churches have been in the area since the 15th Century.^[3][4]

It was named after Bishop Gabriel Germanos Farhat (1670-1732) who was Maronite Bishop of Aleppo between 1725-1732 and founded the Maronite Library of Aleppo.^[5] Sahat Farhat was named in his honor and his statue was placed in the square in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his death.^[6]

The square and the buildings around it have been damaged by heavy fighting between combatants during the Battle of Aleppo (2012–16).^[7][8][9] Similar destruction occurred to the area during Aleppo's sectarian unrest of 1850.^[10]

Gallery

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  Aleppo's St Elijah Cathedral situated on Farhat Square
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  Farhat Square in 2008
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  Farhat Square in Aleppo as witnessed in December 2016
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  Statue of Germanos Farhat is located on Farhat Square
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  Aleppo 1811 Map w/ Sahat Farhat (west) & Sahat Al Hatab (east) highlighted in blue.
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  St Elijah Cathedral on Fahat Square was heavily damaged in the Syrian civil war (2016)
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  Farhat Square in October 2010

See also

• Ancient City of Aleppo
• Jdeideh (Aleppo)
• Churches of Judayde
• St. Elijah Cathedral, Aleppo
• Forty Martyrs Cathedral
• Church of the Dormition of Our Lady
• Massacre of Aleppo (1850)

References

1. Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.
2. "Caritas colleague killed in Aleppo". Cordaid English. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
3. Mi̇roğlu, Ebru Aras (2005). The Transformation of Urban Space at the Conjunction of the Old and New Districts: The City of Aleppo (PDF) (MS thesis). Middle East Technical University. pp. 60–65. hdl:11511/14814.
4. Ross Burns & Stefan Knost (2020). "Judayda Churches (English)". L.I.S.A GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG (in English and Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-17.
5. Chejne, Anwar G. (1969-01-01). The Arabic Language: Its Role in History. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816657254.
6. "Bishop Farhat Square - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
7. "Photos of Damage of the axis of Farhat Square, Jdaideh and Markets, Alhatab Square, Beit Muheb,and Altananir Square within old Aleppo10/12/2016 - عدد القراءات : 351". www.dgam.gov.sy. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
8. "بالصور ... ساحة المطران فرحات ... آثار القصف الذي أطال كنيسة المورنة". Retrieved 2017-05-20.
9. "Aleppo -Jdeideh: Damage assessment of the Armenian Catholic Church and the Maronite Cathedral of St. Elias 08.04.2015 – APSA". apsa2011.com. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
10. Commins, David; Lesch, David W. (2013-12-05). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879669.