Great Mosque of Samarra

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Architecture · 848–851 · Samarra, Iraq · Middle East

Famed for its 52 m spiral Malwiya minaret; once the largest mosque in the world

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Style: Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) — Inscriptions, ornament and arches instead of images: a space of prayer with no depiction of God
Century: 9th century

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