List of Kurdish historical sites
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This article briefly introduces a list of better known Kurdish historical sites (Kurdish: Asewari mêjûyi Kurdan). Apart from Kurdish historical sites within Kurdistan, non-Kurdish sites within Kurdistan, and Kurdish sites outside of Kurdistan are also included.
Sites in Iranian Kurdistan
- Dimdim Castle, West Azarbaijan Province
- Mizgewti sûr, (Red Mosque), West Azarbaijan Province, Mahabad
- Serdar Castle, West Azarbaijan Province
- Sna castle, Kurdistan province, Sanandaj
- Yazdgerd Castle, Kermanshah province
- Bisotun, Kermanshah province
- Taq-e Bostan
- Temple of Anahita
Sites in Iraqi Kurdistan
- Tomb of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan, Sulaymaniyah
- Pira Delal
- Amadiya
- Hawler Citadel
- Ruins of Yassin tepe; Capital city of ancient Sharazor[1]
- Shanidar Cave
Sites in Turkish Kurdistan
- Diyarbakir City Walls
- Hasankeyf, Batman
- Hoşap Castle in Güzelsu
- Ishak Pasha Palace, Doğubeyazıt
- Pool of Sacred Fish, Urfa
- Mount Nemrud
- Ahlat
- Daras
- Ani
Sites in Syrian Kurdistan
- Afrin
- Hisn al-Akrad, originally a Kurdish settlement
- Citadel of Aleppo, partially Ayyubid-built, Aleppo
References
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge - Page 521, by Walter Yust - 1951
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