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  • Samarra

    Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate. The city was once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and the only remaining Islamic capital that retains its original plan. Samarra was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Samarra Archaeological City.
    World Heritage Site
    Samarra
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    Samarra

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2007

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Iraq

    Saladin Governorate

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    First Millennium BC

    Assyrian

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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