Citadel of Erbil

The Erbil Citadel, regionally referred to as Qalat is a tell or occupied mound, and the ancient metropolis centre of Erbil within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The fort has been inscribed at the World Heritage List due to the fact that 21 June 2014. The earliest evidence for career of the fortress mound dates to the 5th millennium BC, and probable earlier. It appears for the primary time in historic resources in the Ebla pills around 2,three hundred BC, and gained specific importance at some stage in the Neo-Assyrian duration. During the Sassanian duration and the Abbasid Caliphate, Erbil turned into an crucial centre for Christianity.

After the Mongols captured the fort in 1258, the significance of Erbil declined. During the 20 th century, the city structure changed into substantially modified, due to which a number of homes and public homes were destroyed. In 2007, the High Commission for Erbil Citadel Revitalization was installed to supervise the recovery of the citadel. In the identical yr, all inhabitants, besides one family, were evicted from the fortress as part of a large recuperation task.