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| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Firdos Square |
Ramadan Mosque |
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 The mosque entrance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Karada |
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A former mosque now part of a row of shops. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Shrine of Omar Sahrawardi |
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The entrance to the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Khadamiya |
Imam al-Kadham Shrine |
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The Imam al-Kadham Shrine is the largest Shia mosque in Baghdad. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
Khadamiya |
Imam al-Kadham Shrine |
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The current mosque dates from 1515 and is the largest Shia mosque in Baghdad. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Ibn Buniya Mosque |
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The Ibn Buniya Mosque is close to the railway station. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Al Shawy Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Al Zawraa Park |
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View of the Ibn Buniya Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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The minaret of the Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Niche from the 8th century from the Al Khaski Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Mosque lamp. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Mimbar (pulpit) from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved door from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved decoration from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Niche from the Al Nouri Mosque (12th century). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Carved inlaid wooden door from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Baghdad |
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Iraq Museum |
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Prayer niche from a mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Mosque of the Barber |
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The Mosque of the Barber is behind a security wall. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
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Mosque of the Barber |
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The mosque is dedicated to Salman Pak, the barber of the Prophet. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Salman Pak |
Ctesiphon |
Taq Kasra |
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The city was captured by Arabs in 637 and became a mosque. |
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 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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The mosque is famous for its spiral minaret. |
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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The staircase, the mosque enclosure and the town. |
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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View of the golden dome of the Al Askari Mosque in the modern town. |
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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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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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 minaret dominates the mosque. |
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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Three Shia imams are buried within the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Najaf |
Wadi Al-Salaam |
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One of a dozen mosques in the cemetary. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Kufa is a city of beautiful mosques. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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The Al Mamali is one of the many mosques in the majority Shia city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is the most important in the city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 7th century. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The architecture of the mosque resembles a pre-Islamic Persian palace. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque at Kufa is important as the place where Imam Ali (a cousin of the Prophet and one of the first converts to Islam) was assassinated in 661. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque is very beautiful in the late afternoon sunlight. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Kufa |
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Great Mosque |
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The mosque is considered one of the most important for Shias. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Central Mesopotamia |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Riverside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
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Mesopotamian Marshes |
Chibayish |
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Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Sulemaniya |
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Bazaar |
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The Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Sulemaniya |
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Golden domed mosque in the North of the city. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Mosque near Said Sadiq. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Said Sadiq |
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Brick mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
Bazaar |
Grand Mosque |
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The minaret of the 400 year old Grand Mosque is only visible from the bazaar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Dohuk |
Bazaar |
Grand Mosque |
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The mosque was constructed by Sultan Hussain Wali in the 1600s. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Ottoman style mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The Hurke Mosque is next to a lorry and car stop. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Roadside mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Amadiya |
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Amadiya Mosque |
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The minaret of the mosque dates from the 1560s. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Amadiya |
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Amadiya Mosque |
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Amadiya Mosque dates from 1177. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Shar Gardens Square |
Khanqah Mosque |
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The Eastern side has Khanqah Mosque and a small bazaar. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Shar Gardens Square |
Khanqah Mosque |
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Men sitting outside the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Citadel |
South Gate |
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View of the Khanqah Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Citadel |
House of Yacub |
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View of the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Citadel |
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The mosque and hammam (bath house). |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Citadel |
North Gate |
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View of the Jalil Khayat Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Qyesariyeh Bazaar |
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The bazaar's mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Qyesariyeh Bazaar |
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The mosque is tiled. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
Iskan Street |
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Corner mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Jalil Khayat Mosque |
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The Jalil Khayat Mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Jalil Khayat Mosque |
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The mosque has a fresh. modern feel. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Jalil Khayat Mosque |
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The Ottoman style mosque has two 48m high minarets. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Jalil Khayat Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 2007. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Erbil |
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Jalil Khayat Mosque |
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The mosque is covered with tiles. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Mosque at Rovia. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Akre |
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Mosque in the new town. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Akre |
Old City |
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The mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Akre |
Old City |
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The dome of the mosque. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Akre |
Old City |
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Two large boulders over a mosque. |
2022 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Muslim Quarter |
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The Church of St Anne was built in 1140 by European Crusaders. It became a mosque for 700 years. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Jewish Quarter |
Western Wall |
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The Al Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount is the third holiest site for Muslims. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Harem es Sharif |
Al Aksa Mosque |
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The Al Aksa Mosque is the largest in Jerusalem and dates from 670. It is the third holiest site in Islam. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Harem es Sharif |
Al Aksa Mosque |
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Under the Crusaders the mosque was converted to a palace then stables until Jerusalem was retaken by Saladin. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Harem es Sharif |
Al Aksa Mosque |
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The Al Aksa Mosque is on the site Christians associate with the money changers. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Harem es Sharif |
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View of the Al Aksa Mosque. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Citadel |
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The Al Aksa Mosque on the Harem es Sharif (Temple Mount) and the Jewish Cemetary on the Mount of Olives. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Mount of Olives |
Dome of the Ascension |
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The mosque was originally a Crusader church and became a mosque in 1187. Christians believe that Jesus ascended to heaven from here. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Mount of Olives |
Dome of the Ascension |
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The mosque is surrounded by a high wall. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Mount of Olives |
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The Al Aksa Mosque on the Harem es Sharif. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
|
Jerusalem |
Mount of Olives |
Dominus Flevit |
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The tear shaped Dominus Flevit Church ("Jesus Wept") was built in 1891 on the site of a mosque that was built in 1518 on the site of a church. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
East Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Kidron Valley |
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The Al-Aksa Mosque high above the Kidron Valley. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Mount Zion |
Room of the Last Supper |
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The church became a mosque during the Ottoman era. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Bank |
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Ramallah |
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Abdul Nasser Mosque. |
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Bank |
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Sabastiya |
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The mosque of Sabastiya. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
West Bank |
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Sabastiya |
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The mosque was once a 4th century church. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
Golan Heights |
|
Golan |
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Abandoned Druze mosque. |
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
Israel |
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Acre |
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Mosque of Ahmed Jezzar |
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The Mosque of Ahmed Jezzar dates from 1781. |
1986 |
