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  • Al ‘Aqabah

    Al ‘Aqabah is one of the important stops on the route of pilgrims' caravans from the city of Kufa to Mecca. Today, the station is located near the Iraqi-Saudi border, in the Najaf Governorate in Iraq. The site is surrounded by a group of small valleys sloping from the nearby high hills and includes a group of basins and water reservoirs in addition to a dam to collect water.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The Hajj Pilgrimage Routes: The Darb Zubaydah (Iraq).
    UNESCO Tentative List
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    Al ‘Aqabah

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2022

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    Bridges and Water Structures

    Location

    Iraq

    Najaf Governorate

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    9th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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