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Memorial · Late modernism

Al-Shaheed Monument

Saman Kamal, Ismail Fatah Al Turk · Baghdad, IQ · 1983

Key featuresA turquoise-tiled dome split into two offset halves, set in a lake above an underground museum.

Architect
Saman Kamal, Ismail Fatah Al Turk
Place
Baghdad, IQ
Year
1983
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Middle East
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