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Great Mosque of Samarra
مسجد سامراء الكبير
📍 Samarra, Iraq🕐 Built: 851👥 100,000 visitors/year🏛️ UNESCO World Heritage
Once the largest mosque in the world, it is famous for its spiraling conical minaret (Malwiya Tower) that rises 52 meters in a unique helical shape. The mosque was built by Caliph al-Mutawakkil as a symbol of Abbasid power.
✨ Historical Significance
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Contains the most distinctive minaret in Islamic architecture — a spiral tower unique in the Muslim world.