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City in Syria
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Raqqa is a city in Syria, best known for serving as the headquarters of ISIS between 2014 and 2017.
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الجامع الكبير في الرقة
First built in 772 AD, this mosque was extensively damaged by fighting in 2017. Reconstruction efforts started in late 2019.
Ruins of a 12th century palace.
متحف الرقة
Damaged during the civil war, the museum has now been renovated and is once again open to the public. However, of the more than 5,000 artifacts that was housed before the war, only about 1,300 remains.
Assyrian fortifications, survived the 2017 siege of the city except for a 25-m-long stretch that was demolished to allow Syrian Democratic Forces troops to enter the Old City.
باب بغداد
One of the surviving historic city gates.
Tell Bi'a
Archaeological site of the Broze Age town of Tuttul.
Ruins of an unfinished victory monument from the time of Harun al-Rashid said to commemorate the conquest of the Byzantine city of Herakleia in 806. The monument is preserved in a substructure of a square building in the centre of a circular walled enclosure, 500 metres (1,600 ft) in diameter. However, the upper part was never finished because of the sudden death of Harun al-Rashid in 809 AD.
Shared taxi is the most common way of getting around with in the city, walking is an option in the centre. Be aware that many buildings are still in rubble and can be hazardous.
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