Great Mosque of Samarra

The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in , in the of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malwiya and Al-Askari Shrine.

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The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in , in the of . is situated 110 metres north of Great Mosque of Samarra.

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The , also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite and mausoleum, located in the city of , in the of . is situated 1 km southwest of Great Mosque of Samarra.

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The is a multi-purpose barrage on the Tigris River adjacent of and north of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to divert floodwater in the Tigris River to through the Tharthar depression along with irrigation and an 84 MW hydro-electricity station. is situated 2½ km southwest of Great Mosque of Samarra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samarra.

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is a city in 's . In 2007, UNESCO named one of its World Heritage Sites.

Great Mosque of Samarra

Latitude
34.20619° or 34° 12′ 22″ north
Longitude
43.87993° or 43° 52′ 48″ east
Open location code
8H656V4H+FX
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Wiki­data ID
Q593115
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Mari—“Great Mosque of Samarra” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Raya Samarra”
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Moskee van Samarra”
  • Albanian: “Al-Mutavekil”
  • Albanian: “El-Mutavekil”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الجامع في سامراء”
  • Arabic: “جامع الملوية”
  • Armenian: “Սամարայի մեծ մզկիթ”
  • Basque: “Samarrako meskita handia”
  • Catalan: “gran mesquita de Samarra”
  • Catalan: “Gran mesquita de Samarra”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita al-Mutawàkkil”
  • Chinese: “薩邁拉大清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Grote moskee van Samarra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الجامع فى سامراء”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Samaro”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de Samaro”
  • Estonian: “Sāmarrā’ suur mošee”
  • Finnish: “Samarran suuri moskeija”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Samarra”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Samarra”
  • French: “mosquée al-Mutawakkil”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Samarra”
  • German: “Minarett von Samarra”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Σαμάρα”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של סאמרא”
  • Hindi: “सामर्रा की महान मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Samarra”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea del Venerdì”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea del Venerdì”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea di Samarra”
  • Japanese: “サーマッラーの大モスク”
  • Japanese: “マルウィヤ・ミナレット”
  • Japanese: “ムタワッキルのモスク”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Samarra”
  • Macedonian: “Голема џамија во Самара”
  • Malay: “Masjid Agung Samarra”
  • Minangkabau: “Musajik Aguang Samarra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Mosqueta de Samarra”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع سامرا”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Samarra”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Samarra”
  • Russian: “Большая мечеть в Самарре”
  • Serbian: “Велика џамија у Самари”
  • Slovenian: “Velika mošeja Samara”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Samarra”
  • Swedish: “Stora moskén i Samarra”
  • Tamil: “சாமராவின் பெரிய மசூதி”
  • Tamil: “சாமர்ராவின் பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Telugu: “ప్రసిద్ధ సమర్రా మస్జిద్”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่แห่งซามัรรออ์”
  • Turkish: “Samarra Ulu Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть у Самаррі”
  • Urdu: “مسجد سامرا”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo lớn Samarra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga Moske han Samarra”
  • Western Mari: “Самарра кого мечеть”

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