Samarra Archaeological City
This site is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Overview
Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city that ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Located on both sides of the River Tigris 130 km north of Baghdad, the length of the site from north to south is 41.5 km; its width varying from 8 km to 4 km. It testifies to the architectural and artistic innovations that developed there and spread to the other regions of the Islamic world and beyond. The 9th-century Great Mosque and its spiral minaret are among the numerous remarkable architectural monuments of the site, 80% of which remain to be excavated.
About Samarra Archaeological City
Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700. During the Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008), Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance.
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Components(10 locations)
- •al-Quwayr276rev-005
- •al-Ma'shuq276rev-007
- •al-Istablat276rev-004
- •Tell Umm al-Sakhr276rev-008
- •Samarra South Zone276rev-003
- •Samarra Centre Zone276rev-002
- •al-Huwaysilat Upper276rev-009
- •al-Huwaysilat Lower276rev-010
- •Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya276rev-006
- •Samarra North Zone - al-Mutawakkiliyya276rev-001
Details
- Countries
- Iraq
- ISO Codes
- IQ
- Area
- 15,058 ha
- Coordinates
- 34.3410, 43.8235
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