Most of the Abbasid palaces, both in Baghdad and in the new capital Samarra, are now in ruins. But some elements survive. In front of me, I've got a few fragments of painted plaster - they come ...

The Archaeological City of Samarra is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city which ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Located on ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Renovations began on St. Gregory the Illuminator Church in Baghdad, the cathedral of ... since the 7th-12th centuries, during the Abbasid Caliphate. The community expanded ...

Most of the Abbasid palaces, both in Baghdad and in the new capital Samarra, are now in ruins. But some elements survive. In front of me, I've got a few fragments of painted plaster - they come ...