Farhat Square

{{Short description|City square in Aleppo, Syria}}

{{Infobox urban feature

| name = Farhat Square

| native_name = ميدان فرحات

| native_name_lang = ar

| image_place = Farhat Square Alp.JPG

| image_caption = Cathedral of St. Elijah in Farhat Square, Jdayde district

| place_type = City square

| pushpin_map= Syria Aleppo

| pushpin_map_caption= Location in Aleppo

| coordinates ={{coord|36|12|25.46|N|37|09|19.31|E|display=inline,title}}

| location =Al-Jdayde, Aleppo, Syria

| open =

| architecture =

| owner = City of Aleppo

}}

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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_IBAwAAQBAJ&q=farhat%20square%20aleppo&pg=PA53|title=Monuments of Syria: A Guide|last=Burns|first=Ross|date=2009-06-30|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9780857714893|language=en}}

Farhat Square is a symbolic area of Christianity in Aleppo as three cathedrals are located there: Greek Catholic, Armenian and Maronite.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cordaid.org/en/news/caritas-colleague-killed-aleppo/|title=Caritas colleague killed in Aleppo|date=2015-04-08|newspaper=Cordaid English|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-05}} Churches have been in the area since the 15th Century.{{Cite thesis|last=Mi̇roğlu|first=Ebru Aras|year=2005|title=The Transformation of Urban Space at the Conjunction of the Old and New Districts: The City of Aleppo|url=https://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605840/index.pdf|type=MS thesis|publisher=Middle East Technical University|pages=60–65 |hdl=11511/14814}}{{Cite web|url=https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/judayda_churches_english?nav_id=8819&publication=1|title=Judayda Churches (English)|last=Ross Burns & Stefan Knost|date=2020|website=L.I.S.A GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG|language=En, ar|access-date=2020-02-17}}

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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hl9dkjb9r6QC&q=farhat+aleppo&pg=PA130|title=The Arabic Language: Its Role in History|last=Chejne|first=Anwar G.|date=1969-01-01|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=9780816657254|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/14055578/Bishop-Farhat-Square|title=Bishop Farhat Square - Wikimapia|website=wikimapia.org|access-date=2017-01-05}}

The square and the buildings around it have been damaged by heavy fighting between combatants during the Battle of Aleppo (2012–16).{{Cite web|url=http://www.dgam.gov.sy/index.php?p=314&id=2139|title=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|website=www.dgam.gov.sy|access-date=2017-01-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.almjhar.com/ar-sy/NewsView/2212/91611.aspx|title=بالصور ... ساحة المطران فرحات ... آثار القصف الذي أطال كنيسة المورنة|access-date=2017-05-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://apsa2011.com/apsanew/aleppo-jdeideh-damage-assessment-of-the-armenian-catholic-church-and-the-maronite-cathedral-of-st-elias-08-04-2015/|title=Aleppo -Jdeideh: Damage assessment of the Armenian Catholic Church and the Maronite Cathedral of St. Elias 08.04.2015 – APSA|website=apsa2011.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-20}} Similar destruction occurred to the area during Aleppo's sectarian unrest of 1850.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpBWAgAAQBAJ&q=1850%20massacre%20aleppo&pg=PA34|title=Historical Dictionary of Syria|last1=Commins|first1=David|last2=Lesch|first2=David W.|date=2013-12-05|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810879669|language=en}}