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Monument to the Unknown Soldier (1959): Exterior
1/2 · ExteriorPhoto: Iraqi Post · Public domain · source
Monument to the Unknown Soldier (1959): Exterior
2/2 · ExteriorPhoto: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Public domain · source
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Memorial · Modernism

Monument to the Unknown Soldier (1959)

Rifat Chadirji · Baghdad, IQ · 1959

Key featuresChadirji turned the brick arch of Ctesiphon into a thin concrete arch in Firdos Square.

Architect
Rifat Chadirji
Place
Baghdad, IQ
Year
1959
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Modernism
Region
Middle East
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