23°43.59′N 90°25.30′E / 23.72650°N 90.42167°E / 23.72650; 90.42167
Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily, the species Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain. [1]
The location also marks a mass grave of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.[2]
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