Wednesday, 18 September 2024

276 IQ - Samarra Archaeological City (2007)

Samarra Archaeological City

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.

萨迈拉古城

萨迈拉古城被列入了《世界文化遗产名录》和《世界濒危遗产名录》,它是强大的伊斯兰都城的遗址,这个都城在一个多世纪的时间里统治了从突尼斯延伸到中亚的阿巴斯帝国的各个省份。它位于巴格达以北130公里的底格里斯河两岸,从北到南长41.5公里,宽度从4公里到8公里不等。该遗址证明其在建筑和艺术方面具有创新性,这种创新性在那里有所发展,并传播到伊斯兰世界和伊斯兰世界以外的其他地区。公元9世纪的大清真寺和通天塔,是该遗址众多的杰出建筑奇迹之一,其中仍有80%有待挖掘。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/276

  • 276rev-001 Samarra North Zone - al-Mutawakkiliyya (al Jafari Palace, Abu Dulaf Mosque, Shaykh Wali, Sur Ashnas)
  • 276rev-002 Samarra Centre Zone (Qasr al-Khalifa Caliphal Palace, Malwiva Mosque, Tell Alij, Racecourse)
  • 276rev-003 Samarra South Zone (Balkuwara, Tell al-Suwwan, Husn al-Qadisiyya, al-Musharrahat)
  • 276rev-004 al-Istablat
  • 276rev-005 al-Quwayr
  • 276rev-006 Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya
  • 276rev-007 al-Ma'shuq
  • 276rev-008 Tell Umm al-Sakhr
  • 276rev-009 al-Huwaysilat Upper
  • 276rev-010 al-Huwaysilat Lower
276rev-001 Samarra North Zone -  Abu Dulaf Mosque

276rev-002 Samarra Centre Zone
Malwiya minaret outside the wall of Malwiva Mosque

276rev-002 Samarra Centre Zone - Malwiva Mosque





276rev-007 al-Ma'shuq

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