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🏛️ Samarra Archaeological City

Archaeology & Antiquity Iraq Asia

🏛️ Samarra Archaeological City
Al-Quwayr component of a vast Abbasid capital along the Tigris River


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 20:51

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2007
  • Abbasid caliphal capital, 836–892 CE
  • Stretches 40 kilometres along the Tigris River; covers 5,000+ hectares
  • On the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger

Samarra Archaeological City, located in Iraq along the Tigris River, is one of the world's largest and most ...

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