Al Zawra'a Tower

Al Zawraa Tower was established in 1975 in Baghdad and is located in Al Zawraa Park near the Al Harithiya area, designed by Iraqi architect Adnan Zaki Amin.

The tower rises approximately 40 meters and contains a circular rotating restaurant whose floor revolves around the tower. It is in the shape of an onion dome, which provoked a number of criticisms due to its shape. However, this tower remains the only tower in Iraq designed entirely by an Iraqi architect Engineer Adnan Zaki Amin, who was able to undertake bold designs. The tower was closed after the American occupation of Iraq in 2003.

The tower was supposed to be double or more than its current height, but in the final moments, a security committee in the Republican Presidency objected to completing its construction because the height posed a security threat to the Republican Palace building.

It was also said at the time that the reason for the objection was the aircraft runway at the adjacent Al-Muthanna Airport near Al Zawraa Park, which would obstruct aircraft taking off and landing there. Construction was stopped and then completed at a height of 50 meters.

Consequently, the tower lost much of its beauty and splendor because it became short relative to the size of its large dome.