Başûr Heritage site
Qelata Hewlêrê
قەڵای هەولێر
Erbil Citadel · A fortified tell rising 30 m above Hewlêr, occupied for perhaps 6,000 years and counted among the longest continuously inhabited places on Earth. Its ochre ring of façades crowns buried layers of Assyrian, Median and Ottoman city. UNESCO World Heritage since 2014.
- Region
- Başûr
- Kind
- Heritage site
- English name
- Erbil Citadel
- Kurdish name
- Qelata Hewlêrê