Eastern Palace (Ar-Raqqah)
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, 3 km from center (الرقة)
palace, islam, historic ruins
Excavated and reconstructed by German archaeologists in the 1980s and 90s, this palace was built under Harun al Rashid as part of the Caliph's residence of Raqqa between 786 - 808. The only palace that still exists of the residence of this Caliph..
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Coordinates: 35°57'33"N 39°2'24"E
- Presidential Palace Grounds 293 km
- Presidential Palace Grounds 373 km
- Ancient city of Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad) 380 km
- Palace area 448 km
- Balkuwara Palace Complex (Abbasid era) 485 km
- Victory park and lake 564 km
- Old Bayazıt 598 km
- قصر الملك سلمان نيوم 958 km
- Palace of the Govenor of the Hail Province 965 km
- Qubbah Palace 973 km
- Al-Baytani 0.6 km
- Tishrine / Ramelah 0.7 km
- Raqqa trenches 1.5 km
- Thawrah 2.1 km
- Al-Mashlab/Ma‘amoun 2.1 km
- Old City of Raqqa 2.1 km
- Hisham Ibn Abdulmalik 2.8 km
- Lands and property Aghaffan 5.7 km
- Al-Raqqah Governorate 13 km
- High Volage Electricity Line 21 km