Nation Park, Public garden in central Baghdad, Iraq
Nation Park is a public garden in central Baghdad with walking paths, grassy areas, and numerous trees offering shade throughout the grounds. The space features multiple zones for strolling, sitting, and resting beneath the vegetation.
Nation Park was founded in the royal era and opened by King Ghazi in 1937, who named it after himself. After the July 1958 revolution it was remodelled with fountains, lakes, tree planting, the Statue of the Mother, the large Peace Mural and the Freedom Monument, and renamed Nation Park. Neglect followed the 2003 US invasion; Baghdad Municipality reopened it on 25 December 2008.
The garden is named after the nation, having been renamed following the July 1958 revolution. It holds memorial works by Iraqi artists: Jawad Salim's Monument of Freedom, Khalid al-Rahal's Statue of the Mother, and a mural by Faik Hassan.
The garden lies in the Bab al-Sharqi area of central Baghdad, near the Freedom Monument. Entry points face the surrounding streets, and the grounds are laid out around the lakes and fountains added after 1958. Visitors pass the Mother statue and the large Peace mural along the main walks.
The park holds several memorial works: Jawad Salim's Monument of Freedom, Khalid al-Rahal's Statue of the Mother, and a mural by painter Faik Hassan. These pieces date from the improvements made after the July 1958 revolution, when the garden was renamed Nation Park.
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