Al-Ukhaidir Fortress

Karbala Governorate · Iraq

Al-Ukhaidir Fortress, Iraq
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A large and well-preserved Abbasid-era desert palace-fortress south of Karbala. Its towering brick walls, vaulted halls and mosque stand almost intact amid the open plain.

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