This is perhaps the first thing foreign tourists visit in Baghdad because Tahrir Square is located in the city center. The monument was established in 1959 to commemorate the 14th of July movement, which led to the fall of the monarchy and the proclamation of the republic in 1958. The Freedom Monument is 50 meters…
The mausoleum and mosque of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Kilani is located in the center of Baghdad, near Al-Khilani Square. His name is Abu Muhammad Abd al-Qadir ibn Musa ibn Abd Allah, 1077-1166 AD, one of the jurists of the Hanbali school, nicknamed “Baz Allah al-Ashhab” and “Qutb of Baghdad.”Founder of the Qadiri Sufi Order. The…
Al-Mutanabbi Street is located in the center of the city of Baghdad between Al-Maidan Square and Al-Rasheed Street. It is one of the oldest streets in the Middle East, as it is nearly nine centuries old.The history of the street dates back to the Abbasid era. Al-Mutanabbi Street, the book market in Baghdad, is one…
Al-Madrasah Al-Mustansiriya is located in the heart of Baghdad, overlooking the banks of the Tigris River, near Al-Mutanabbi Street. The area of Al-Mustansiriya School is about 4836 square meters. Al-Mustansiriya is an ancient school founded during the Abbasid era in Baghdad in 1223 AD. At the hands of Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah, it was an important…
The Baghdadi Museum or the Wax Museum. The Baghdadi Museum documents a period of time in the history of Baghdad and conveys accurate details about the life of the Baghdadis and the ancient traditional lifestyle, as it includes more than 400 statues, The Baghdadi Museum opened in 1970 in its current location near the Al-Mustansiriya…
The Abbasid Palace is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, near Al-Maidan Square on Al-Rashid Street. The Abbasid Palace in Baghdad is a wonderful architectural masterpiece, its walls decorated with Arabic and Islamic inscriptions and ornaments. According to historians, the Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir Li-Din Allah ordered the construction of the palace in…
The Iraqi Museum building consists of 22 halls, according to the chronology and the different civilizations that appeared in Iraq, starting from the Stone Age and prehistoric times, passing through the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Islamic civilizations in all their stages. The first and second halls are dedicated to prehistoric times. The two halls…
The tomb of Imam al-Kadhim and the tomb of his grandson Imam al-Jawad, the seventh and ninth imams of Shiite Muslims. The shrine is located in the Kadhimiya district, an area located in the north of Baghdad on the western bank of the Tigris River. The construction of the shrine dates back to before the…
Ziggurat (Aqraquf) is a stepped temple of the Sumerian era, one of the oldest historical monuments in Baghdad, located 25 km west of the capital, Baghdad, and about 16 km from the shrine of Imam al-Kadhim. Ziggurat (Aqreqof) was built during the Kassite era, by King (Korigalzu) I, to become their capital in the fourteenth…
The mosque of Imam Abi Hanifa al-Numan is located in Baghdad in the Rusafa side in the “Adhamiya” area, and the area is separated from “Al-Kadhimiya” by a bridge called the Imams Bridge. The mosque of Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan in Baghdad is considered one of the most important mosques historically, as it houses the…
