Tishreen Park

Tishreen Park circa 2017

Tishreen Park is the largest park in Damascus, Syria. ^[1] It is located near Umayyad Square and Tishreen Palace. ^{[2] [3]}

A large Syrian flag was installed in the park in July 2010 to mark the tenth anniversary of Bashar Al Assad becoming president. ^[4]

The park hosts the annual Damascus International Flower Show, which at its peak before the war would be visited by hundreds of thousands of people per year. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian (2013). Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 95. ISBN   978-1-61069-248-9.
2. "Tishreen Park | Tourist Attractions in Damascus City". www.lovedamascus.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
3. "Elevation of Tishreen Park, Jawaher Lal Nahro, Damascus, Syria". elevation.maplogs.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
4. Dagher, Sam (2019). Assad or we burn the country : how one family's lust for power destroyed Syria (First ed.). New York. ISBN   978-0-316-55672-9. OCLC   1101180175.
5. Sayyid, Leen; Abdulssattar Ibrahim, Mohammad; Al Maleh, Alice (2018-07-16). "After eight years, Damascus International Flower Festival returns to a changed capital". Syria Direct. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
6. "اختتام فعاليات معرض الزهور الدولي بدمشق". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
7. "Syrian children paint the national flag in different shapes on a..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2022-03-14.