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Mosul, in italiano più raramente Mossul, è una città dell'Iraq, capoluogo del governatorato di Ninive. Mawṣil è il nome che diedero gli Arabi musulmani all'antica Ninive, la capitale dell'Impero assiro. Il sito di Ninive si trova sulla sponda orientale del fiume Tigri, mentre Mosul è sorta sulla sponda occidentale.
Mosul is approximately 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad on the Tigris river. The Mosul metropolitan area has grown from the old city on the western side to encompass substantial areas on both the "Left Bank" (east side) and the "Right Bank" (west side), as locals call the two riverbanks.
15 mag 2024 · Mosul, city, capital of Ninawa governorate, northwestern Iraq. It is the second largest city in Iraq and the chief commercial center of the northwestern portion of the country. Mosul encircles the ancient city of Nineveh, and it reached its political zenith under the Zangid dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
8 mar 2024 · Nearly seven years after Mosul’s liberation, following three years of occupation by Islamic State, also known as Isis, Iraq’s second-largest city is bustling.
Within the Revive the Spirit of Mosul initiative, led by UNESCO in partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the excavations conducted under the Al-Nouri Prayer Hall by the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) have uncovered the remains of the 12-century mosque.
Mosul is Iraqs second largest city and the major economic hub in northern Iraq. Located along the fertile lands of river Tigris the city's history dates back to the at least 6,000 BC. On the eastern banks lies the ancient city of Nineveh, which was the world's largest city around 700 BC.
20 lug 2022 · Five years after the liberation of Mosul, this iconic city in Iraq is on the path to reconstruction. The restoration of emblematic landscape and monuments of this thousand-year-old city is underway, leaving the devastation of violence and occupation in the past.
