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State |
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| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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 The wings are highly decorated. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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The decoration on the wings. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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Brickwork. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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Triple arch. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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Detail of the brickwork. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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School boys. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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View from the rear. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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View of an abandoned hotel complex 1km distant. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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The complex is abandoned. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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Qadisiya Panorama was a hotel built under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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The main building resembles a ziggurat. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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Remains of a swimming pool. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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The building was looted during the 2003 invasion by the USA. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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Only a burnt out shell remains. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
|
Qadisiya Panorama |
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All the interior fittings have been removed. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Qadisiya Panorama |
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View of Taq Kasra from the Qadisiya Panorama. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Desert near Samarra North of Baghdad. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
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Samaara was the first Abbasid capital (for 56 years). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
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The city walls of Samaara. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is also known as the Malwiyya Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was built in 851 by Caliph Mutasim. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The walls of the enclosure are 10m high and have 44 towers. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was the largest in the world at the time it was built and had 464 columns in the enclosure. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Arched and columned niche. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque is famous for its spiral minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The steps of the minaret are outside and there is no outer rail. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The top of the 52m high minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Two women. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Two children. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Couple. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Visitors. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The minaret is 33m wide at its base and accessed by a ramp. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Visitors on the ramp to the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Visitors on the minaret ramp taking photographs. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Three young men beginning the ascent. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The steps around the minaret have no outer rail and are 2.25m wide. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the mosque enclosure from the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Visitor to the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the modern town of Samarra and the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Samarra is surrounded by desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Man with baby on the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The remains of a factory examined by the United Nations for weapons of mass destruction. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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The staircase, the mosque enclosure and the town. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Unexcavated sites. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the mosque enclosure from the half way point of the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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At the top of the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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Visitors descending. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Great Mosque |
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View of the golden dome of the Al Askari Mosque in the modern town. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Beit Khalifa is one of the largest Arab Islamic palaces ever discovered. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Much of the palace is below ground level. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Palace rooms. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace is entered via descending steps. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace dates from the 9th century. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace has a large circular area once filled with water from the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Side chamber. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Heating tank. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace is from the Abbasid era. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace has many tall passageways. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Wall carvings. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Brickwork. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Wall carvings. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Detail of wall carvings. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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Side chamber. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The palace from ground level. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Beit Khalifa |
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The walls of Beit Khalifa. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Bab al-Amma |
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Bab al-Amma was once the main gate to the palace. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Bab al-Amma |
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The gate used to face the River Tigris. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Bab al-Amma |
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The Tigris has changed course so the gate now faces a flood plain. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Bab al-Amma |
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The flood plain. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The Abu Dalaf Mosque in the desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The mosque is a smaller version of the Great Mosque of Samarra and dates from 861. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The remnants of the outer walls. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The outer and inner walls. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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Before 2022 the ruins of the mosque were too dangerous to visit. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The cloisters. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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Arches on the inner walls. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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View of the brick arches. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The minaret is 20m high. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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This mosque is remote and abandoned but picturesque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The top of the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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Sheep are the only residents. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The minaret dominates the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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Man climbing the minaret. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The minaret through an arch. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
Ancient City |
Abu Dalaf Mosque |
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The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque from the desert. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The golden domed Al-Askari Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The entrance is beautifully tiled. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The beautiful golden dome. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The outer courtyard. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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People outside the entrance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Colonaded praying area. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Gilded ceiling. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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The women's area. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Ceiling decoration. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Decorated door and tiled wall. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Ceiling decoration. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Decorated ceiling and walls in the collonaded area. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Decorated door and tiled wall. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Samarra |
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Al Askari Mosque |
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Tiled wall. |
2022 |
