Al-Askari Mosque
Al-Askari Shrine, the ‘Askariyya Shrine or the Al-Askari Mosque is a Shia Muslim Mosque and mausoleum in the Iraqi city of Samarra 125 km from Baghdad. It was built in 944 AD. The dome was destroyed in a bombing by extremists in February 2006 and its two remaining minarets were destroyed in another bombing in June 2007, causing widespread anger among Shias.
The remaining clock tower was also destroyed in July 2007. The dome and minarets were repaired and the mosque reopened in April 2009. Nasir ad-Din Shah Qajar undertook the latest remodeling of the shrine in 1868, with the golden dome added in 1905. Covered in 72,000 gold pieces and surrounded by walls of light blue tiles, the dome was a dominant feature of the Samarra skyline.
- Al-Askari Mosque
- Location: Samarra
- Country: Iraq
- Built: 944 AD
