• The Great Mosque of Samarra is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph...
  • The Great Mosque of Samarra was, for a time, the largest mosque in the world; its minaret, the Malwiya Tower, is a spiraling cone 52 meters (171 ft)...
  • The Great Mosque of Samarra, with its architectural innovations and historical importance, continues to captivate historians and visitors alike.
  • The architecture of the Grand Mosque of Samarra’s minaret is believed to be inspired by the design of nearby Mesopotamian ziggurats- giving it the spiraled...
  • 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...
  • The Great Mosque of Samarra is located in Samarra city, Iraq, about 120 km north of Baghdad, on the banks of the river Tigris.
  • The Great Mosque of Samarra is not the easiest place to get to in Iraq – but with the right paperwork we can get you there!
  • ...out of reach or your average rank-and-file tourist stop, post-Saddam and ISIS Iraq is now very much open for business, including the Great Mosque of Samarra.
  • The design of the interior of the prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Samarra is decorated with marble which forms an octagonal pattern in the corners of the room.