Victory Square (Nasser City)

Victory Square (Arabic: ساحة الانتصار sāḥat al-intiṣār) is a large public square in Nasser City, capital of the Arab Union. Located in the district of Bab el-Mutasarref, it occupies the inner space surrounded by the city's largest roundabout, where seven important thoroughfares meet: Arsuzi Avenue, Nashashibi Avenue, Gamal Abdel Nasser Highway, Khan el-Mayadeen, Merbad Avenue, University Avenue and Nazareth Road. As the focal point of public life in the heart of the capital's government precinct, Victory Square is the location of several important headquarters and national institutions, including the Council of Ministers, Supreme Court of the Arab Union, Arab National Library, National Political Service and the Sultah (Ministry of Defence), as well as other landmarks including New West Station and the northern corner of Anisa Makhlouf National Garden.

Victory Square features the American War Memorial, a limestone monument honouring casualties of the First and Second Gulf Wars, in the Arab Union known collectively as the American War: the marble base of the monument, positioned atop six radial marble steps at the centre of the square, is engraved with the names of all service personnel killed in action during the two wars, including paramilitary and police. The memorial sits in the centre of Victory Square, flanked on either side by a pair of semi-circular jet fountains. Five metres from the inner curb of the roundabout, the sandstone plaza's edge gives way to a terraced ring of grass lined with neatly pruned olive trees; three walkways, each 120 degrees apart and accessed by step/ramp combos descending 3.5 metres from the edge, pass under the grass ring and roundabout, allowing pedestrians access to the square from the roundabout's outer edge without crossing in front of traffic.