| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The wings are highly decorated.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The decoration on the wings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Triple arch.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Detail of the brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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School boys.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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View from the rear.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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View of an abandoned hotel complex 1km distant.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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The complex is abandoned.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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Qadisiya Panorama was a hotel built under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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The main building resembles a ziggurat.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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Remains of a swimming pool.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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The building was looted during the 2003 invasion by the USA.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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Only a burnt out shell remains.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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All the interior fittings have been removed.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Qadisiya Panorama
|
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View of Taq Kasra from the Qadisiya Panorama.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
|
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Desert near Samarra North of Baghdad.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
|
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Samaara was the first Abbasid capital (for 56 years).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
|
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The city walls of Samaara.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is also known as the Malwiyya Mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The mosque was built in 851 by Caliph Mutasim.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The walls of the enclosure are 10m high and have 44 towers.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Arched and columned niche.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The mosque is famous for its spiral minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The steps of the minaret are outside and there is no outer rail.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The top of the 52m high minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Two women.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Two children.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Couple.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Visitors.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The minaret is 33m wide at its base and accessed by a ramp.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Visitors on the ramp to the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Visitors on the minaret ramp taking photographs.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Three young men beginning the ascent.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The steps around the minaret have no outer rail and are 2.25m wide.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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View of the mosque enclosure from the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Visitor to the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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View of the modern town of Samarra and the River Tigris.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Samarra is surrounded by desert.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Man with baby on the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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View of the Tigris.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The remains of a factory examined by the United Nations for weapons of mass destruction.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The staircase, the mosque enclosure and the town.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Unexcavated sites.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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View of the mosque enclosure from the half way point of the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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At the top of the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Visitors descending.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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View of the golden dome of the Al Askari Mosque in the modern town.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Beit Khalifa is one of the largest Arab Islamic palaces ever discovered.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Much of the palace is below ground level.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Palace rooms.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace is entered via descending steps.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace dates from the 9th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace has a large circular area once filled with water from the River Tigris.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Side chamber.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Heating tank.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace is from the Abbasid era.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace has many tall passageways.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Wall carvings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Wall carvings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Detail of wall carvings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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Side chamber.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The palace from ground level.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Beit Khalifa
|
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The walls of Beit Khalifa.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Bab al-Amma
|
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Bab al-Amma was once the main gate to the palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Bab al-Amma
|
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The gate used to face the River Tigris.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Bab al-Amma
|
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The Tigris has changed course so the gate now faces a flood plain.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Bab al-Amma
|
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The flood plain.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The Abu Dalaf Mosque in the desert.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The remnants of the outer walls.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The outer and inner walls.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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Before 2022 the ruins of the mosque were too dangerous to visit.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The cloisters.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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Arches on the inner walls.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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View of the brick arches.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The minaret is 20m high.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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This mosque is remote and abandoned but picturesque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The top of the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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Sheep are the only residents.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The minaret dominates the mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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Man climbing the minaret.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The minaret through an arch.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
District : Ancient City
Site / Event : Abu Dalaf Mosque
|
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The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque from the desert.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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The golden domed Al-Askari Mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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The entrance is beautifully tiled.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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The beautiful golden dome.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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The outer courtyard.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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People outside the entrance.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Colonaded praying area.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Gilded ceiling.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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The women's area.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Ceiling decoration.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Decorated door and tiled wall.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Ceiling decoration.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Decorated ceiling and walls in the collonaded area.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Decorated door and tiled wall.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Samarra
Site / Event : Al Askari Mosque
|
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Tiled wall.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.