Shapla Square

Shapla Square

Shapla Square ( _bn. শাপলা চত্ত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain. [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/Bangladesh/bangladesh1/Bangladesh2/shaplachattar22.jpgImages of the monument] .]

The location also marks a mass grave of Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/M_0334.htm Article] , from Banglapedia.]

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