Baghdad - East in the best and most real manifestations. The city is very ancient and my spouse even at first thought that they were in the past and our plane was not at all the plane, but the most real time car. Sights There are so many sights that one of them is alone, it would be a top of blasphemy, because they all deserve the most close and most complete description. That's what I will try to do. True, all the attractions, it will not work for me, since we tritely did not have time to inspect.
Palace Abbasida . The Palace was erected, was at the end of the twelfth, beginning of the thirteenth century. At the moment, this is not just a cultural and historical monument, and also the brightest sample of the Arab culture of those distant times. For five centuries from the date of construction, the palace belonged to the Dynasty of the Arab Caliphs, who were ruled by the Caliphate. However, there is an assumption that the main idea before the start of construction was the construction of the school, that is, the madrasa. So it is or not, unknown. As in my opinion, so the ordinary school cannot be so luxurious. After overgrowing the threshold of this amazing monument of history, you begin to feel the heroine of "thousands and one night". It seems that, right now, languid concubines, eunuhi and guardians should appear. The decor of the palace can not leave indifferent even the most famous criticism. It is all that is characterized by the "golden age" - a luxurious mosaic from mirrors, glass and multi-colored marble, openwork brick ornaments, which are decorated with fancy-shaped parts made of gold-plated bronze, unique and unique ornamental wood carving, mramor and gypsum. There is a legend that there was no other tree here, which was made of silver and gold, and decorated its diamond fruits. In a word, this is a magnificence, it is necessary to see, since it is simply not possible to describe all this by banal phrases and simple words.
Mutanabby Street . Street length, relatively small, total three hundred meters. It is noteworthy with two things. The first is that it is in one of the oldest quarters of Baghdad. The second is that there are many book benches and shops on this street, and this is not surprising at all, since it was named after the poet al-Mutanabby. In two thousand seventh year, the street suffered a lot because the car exploded on it, which was styled by explosives. The explosion turned out to be a terrorist attack, as a result of which twenty-six people died. Trafficking books on the street stopped. In two thousand and eighth year in winter, the street was reopened after the capital rehabilitation and repair work on it. To date, it is still like a lot of decades in a row, boiled trading. I note that this street is not just a book market, it is primarily the center of the literary and cultural life of Baghdad.
Baghdad Tower . This is a modern building, but it also deserves attention, as it rises above the city, as if proudly raised spear or the arrow released into the sky. The television tower, was erected from one thousand nine hundred and ninety second year for one thousand nine hundred and ninety-fourth year, that is, in fact, it took only two years. She is on the place where there was an old tower before. This is the highest structure in Baghdad, since its height is two hundred and five meters, and the height of the host antenna and the transmitting signal is equal to fifty-five meters. For a relatively small temporary segment of its existence, the tower has been reconstructed twice, namely in two thousand and twenty years and two thousand. The tower itself, built of modern building materials, such as steel and concrete, but its design, quite consistent with the eastern classics. On the very top floor of the television, there is a restaurant, the main feature of which is that the design is rotating, and even sitting at the table can be admired Baghdad from a bird's eye view.
Al-Sidigood Palace . This is the presidential palace, whose name is in translated, sounds like "prayer pods". The total area that the Grand Construction is occupied is four and a half thousand square meters. Islamic style in the architecture of the presidential palace, pronounced by the sky-blue dome and rectangular forms of the most built. The design of the palace corresponding, it is a bizarre weave of geometric lines and figures, the presence of a large number of arches, the presence of mandatory miniature pools and a park with fountains. The inner decoration of the palace, quite consistent with the luxury of the Eastern Decor. At the moment, the Al-Sjud Palace is the main state structure in the country.
SUK AS-Saray Market . This is the most famous and most famous market in the city. It is of course in the old part of Baghdada, because he himself is quite old. This is an indoor market, but only protect it from bad weather, not modern materials, but an unusual roof, which consists of a variety of domes. You can get to the market if you cross the Gisser Ashchad Bridge. Neighboring the market such administrative buildings like Mosque Marjan, Palace Han Marjan and Madrasa al-Musantria. It is sold here everything that can be sold at the present Eastern Bazaar is a huge magnificence of multicolored natural fabrics, real oriental carpets and handmade, a wide range of high quality shoes, ready-made products from textiles and much more. Not far from honest merchants who love to bargain, are the so-called "change". They are easy to learn about transparent boxes in which Iraqi dinars, Saudi and Iranian rials are located. The central part of the market is assigned to the goods that are necessary for sewing. At the very end of the market, there is a book market where you can find very rare and valuable works. In the territory of the entire bazaar, the aroma of fruits, which is harmoniously walked with a strong smell of genuine leather.