Syria, Governatorato di Raqqa, Raqqa, Raqqa. View All The Gate of Baghdad. The formerly symmetrical structure displays the skilful use of decorative patterns, niches, half columns and small multilobate arches, in order to enhance the effect of the sunlight on its surface, a Mesopotamic artistic heritage tradition that would later exert a huge influence on the architectural development of Persian Central Asia. The depressed ogival arch pointed arch is centered based on an unprecedented polycentric design. 2009 photograph.
