Erbil Citadel

The Erbil Citadel, locally called Qelat (Kurdish: قەڵای ھەولێر‎ Qelay Hewlêr; Assyrian: ܣܘܼܪܝܼܬ݂) is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 21 June 2014. The earliest evidence for occupation of the citadel mound dates to the 5th millennium BC, and possibly earlier. It appears for the first time in historical sources in the Ebla...