Monday’s picture: a view of Taq Kasra, or the Iwan of Ctesiphon (Iraq)Estimated reading time:
Monday’s picture: a view of Taq Kasra, or the Iwan of Ctesiphon (Iraq)Estimated reading time: 1 min.In 2016 Iconem team has been in Iraq to collect visual documentation of the huge Iwan of Ctesiphon.This giant arch in bricks is indeed located in the ancient city of Ctesiphon, on the banks of Tigris river, about 35 km southeast of Baghdad. Capital of the Parthian Empire, it was one of the great cities of late ancient Mesopotamia and the largest city in the world from 570 AD, until its fall in 637 AD. The majestic vault depicted above is the only structure that still survives of Ctesiphon: with its 37 m. of height, it was part of the façade of the palace of Sasanian king Khosrow I. The archway shown in this photo gallery is the largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world. -- source link
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