Firdos Square is a central Baghdad traffic square whose name became internationally familiar in 2003, when the statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled down there during the fall of the regime. The square is not a conventional monument, but it is a modern historical marker embedded in the working city.
For travellers in Baghdad, its value is contextual rather than scenic. Visit with local guidance and treat it as one point in a broader understanding of the capital's recent history, security realities, and public spaces.