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Iraq accepted the convention on 5 March 1974, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list; as of 2019, six sites in Iraq are included. [2] The first site in Iraq, Hatra, was inscribed on the list at the 9th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1985. [3]
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Numerous foreign architects, including Walter Groupius and Le Corbusier were invited to Iraq to design various public buildings during this period. [5] Among these was American architect Frank Lloyd Wright , who drew up the Plan for Greater Baghdad , which would include a cultural center, opera house, and university on the outskirts of Baghdad ...
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The Victory Arch (Arabic: قوس النصر, romanized: Qaws an-Naṣr), [1] [2] officially known as the Swords of Qādisīyah, and popularly called the Hands of Victory or the Crossed Swords, are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. Each arch consists of a pair of outstretched hands holding crossed swords.
The Erbil Citadel (Kurdish: قەڵای هەولێر Qelay Hewlêr, Arabic: قلعة اربيل, romanized: Qal'at Erbīl) locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. [1]
Mosque of Kufa in Iraq. Great Mosque of Kufa in Kufa, Iraq - contains the tombs of Muslim ibn Aqeel, Khadijah bint Ali, Hani ibn Urwa, and Al-Mukhtar. The mosque also contains many important sites relating to the prophets and Ali, including the place where he was fatally struck on the head while in prostration, Sujud.
The Brigadier General wanted it to be a symbol of a new nation state, however, Jawad Saleem chose to design a monument symbolizing the people's strife against tyranny and paid homage to Iraq's deep art history by including Abbasid and Babylonian wall-reliefs, producing a sculpture that was both "strikingly modern" yet also referenced tradition. [1]