Citadel of Arbil
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The Citadel of Arbil (in Kurdish: Qelay Hewlêr) is an ancient citadel located in northern Mesopotamia, (northern modern Iraq), in center of city of Arbil (Hewler) capital of Kurdistan Region.
The citadel was built on layers of archaeological ruins which represent consecutive historical settlements, since the building of the first village in that place around the 6th millennium BC. The total area of this citadel is 102000 square metres and it rises 26 metres high on the ground level.
This archaelogical citadel witnessed the rule of many historical nations, like the Sumarians, Babylonians, Assyrian, Achaemenid Persians, Greeks, Iranian Parthians, Persian Sassanids and Muslims.
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