Samarra

States
Iraq
Category
Cultural
Year
2007
Location
Samarra Township, Salah al-Din Governorate
Region
Arab States
Coordinates
34.3409894444, 43.8235430555
Last Visited
Not visited yet
UNESCO ID
276
WH Site
276
Samarra

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Samarra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Iraq, is an ancient Islamic city renowned for its architectural and historical significance. It features the iconic Great Mosque with its distinctive spiral Malwiya minaret, alongside expansive archaeological remains of palaces and residences from the 9th-century Abbasid Caliphate. This site exemplifies early Islamic urban planning and engineering in a desert landscape.

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