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  • Great Mosque of Samarra

  • Great Mosque of Samarra

    Great Mosque of Samarra is a historic mosque located in Samarra, Iraq. It was commissioned in 848 AD and completed in 851 AD by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of Samarra Archaeological City.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Samarra Archaeological City.
    World Heritage Site
    Great Mosque of Samarra
    by Chris Hoare, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 82 m

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    Great Mosque of Samarra

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2007

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Iraq

    Saladin

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    9th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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