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The Al-Sarafiya Bridge (Arabic: جسر الصرافية) crosses the River Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in the 1940s [ 1 ] or 1950s [ 2 ] and connected the two northern Baghdad neighborhoods of Waziriyah and Utafiyah .
[15] [16] The Al-Sarafiya bridge was destroyed when an abandoned truck bomb exploded on April 12, 2007. [17] At least 10 people were killed and 26 injured, though there were reports of 20 more trapped in cars that had gone off the bridge. [18]
Al-Sarafiya Bridge; C. Cizre Bridge; D. Dicle Bridge; F. Fifth Bridge; O. Old Bridge, Hasankeyf This page was last edited on 10 November 2009, at 08:39 (UTC). Text is ...
Bab al-Talsim (Arabic: باب الطلسم), also known as Bab al-Halba or Talisman Gate, was expanded and restored in 1220 by Caliph al-Nasir, who left a decorative friezes and inscriptions around the gate. The gate was destroyed by the Ottoman troops in 1917 during their withdrawal from Baghdad, in order to prevent it from being turned into a ...
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The Freedom Monument (Nasb al-Hurriyah), a work by architect Rifat Chadirji and sculptor Jawad Saleem is Baghdad's most iconic work, and is situated in Liberation Square. [3] The sculpture of Shahriyar and Scheherazade by sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat , situated on the banks of the Tigris River near Abu Nuwas Street, is another example of ...
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The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body for contract bridge.. Emulating the organizational concepts of the Olympic movement and its signature five rings, the World Bridge Federation encompasses the five continents (America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) represented by eight geographic Zonal Conferences.