Muqarnas (stalactite vault), Abbasid Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, 1977.


Muqarnas (stalactite vault), Abbasid Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, 1977. Baghdad's Abbasid Palace was built between 1175 and 1230, and was probably completed during the caliphate of Al-Mustansir. Parts of the palace were restored in the 20th century.


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