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A general view of the mosque of al-Mutawakkil showing the external wall with semi-circular towers. |
| The Malwiyya: the famous spiralling, free-standing minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra. It was repeatedly compared to Mesopotamian Ziggurats. | |
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A view of the Malwiyya. |
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A view looking up at the Malwiyya. |