Samarra'

Places in this region

Great Mosque of Samarra

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare

Spiraling up from the ground, the remaining minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra is the the most prominent of the remaining structures of a mosque that was once the largest in the world.... »

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