The heritage identity within the architecture of the old city of Mosul

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 229 - 239, 27.12.2023

Sana Nabeel

Abstract

The city of Mosul is considered one of the important Arab cities due to the richness of its history and its human, cultural, and architectural heritage; the traditional building in the old city represents the visible and tangible part of this history, which expresses the local heritage identity.
Identity is one of the most important social links and expresses a wide range of concepts and thoughts. Generally, it can be defined as the characteristics by which a person, a group, or a culture can be distinguished from another. Architectural identity is a community's uniqueness and architectural distinction, which comes from the factors surrounding it, such as political, economic, environmental, social, and cultural factors.
During the past couple of years, the old city of Mosul witnessed many construction operations concerning the last unfortunate events in the city. However, most of these reconstructions were planned or organized by something other than federal governmental, specialized, or scientific agencies. Still, they resulted from individual efforts to bring life back to the old city. As a result, this research came to determine the most important architectural characteristics of the heritage identity of the old Mosul city buildings and within the various functional models such as residential, commercial, and religious buildings, using the help of previous studies and then classifying them in a unique table.

Keywords

heritage, local identity, traditional building characteristics.

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