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Statue of Saladin

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Artist
  
Abdallah al-Sayed

Created
  
1993

Year
  
1993 (inaugurated)

Medium
  
Material
  
Bronze


Type
  
Oversize equestrian statue

Location
  
Owner
  
Municipality of Damascus

Similar
  
Temple of Jupiter - Damascus, Yalbugha Mosque, Bab Kisan, House of Saint Ananias, Bab al‑Faradis

The Statue of Saladin (Arabic: تمثال صلاح الدين الأيوبي‎‎) is an oversize equestrian bronze statue depicting the Kurdish Ayyubid Sultan Saladin located in front of the Citadel of Damascus in Damascus, Syria. The statue was designed by Syrian sculptor Abdallah al-Sayed. It was unveiled by the then Syrian president Hafez Assad in 1993, marking the 800th anniversary of Saladin's death.

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