Tal Afar Citadel, Tal Afar

Name: Tal Afar Citadel
Address: Tal Afar, Iraq

#1 among attractions in Tal Afar

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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The Tal Afar Citadel is a citadel located in Tal Afar, a city in Nineveh Governorate in northwest Iraq. The citadel was built by the Ottoman Empire, although it contains remains dating back to the Assyrian period. ()

Alternative names: Built: XVI centuryCoordinates: 36°22'29"N, 42°27'15"E

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Tal Afar Iraq

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Tal Afar Citadel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tell Taya, Jebel Sasan, Yarim Tepe, Jabal Zambar.

3.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Tell Taya
93 min walk • Tell Taya is an archaeological site at a tell in Nineveh Province. It was occupied from the third to the first millennia BCE.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jebel Sasan
114 min walk • Jebel Sasan is a large hill in the Tel Afar District of Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. The name may also be rendered as Jabal Sasan.
6.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Yarim Tepe
156 min walk • Yarim Tepe is an archaeological site of an early farming settlement that goes back to about 6000 BC. It is located in the Sinjar valley some 7km southwest from the town of Tal Afar in northern Iraq.
4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jabal Zambar
122 min walk • Jabal Zambar is a large hill in the Tel Afar District of Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. The name may also be rendered as Jabal or Jebel Sinbar, Zinbar or Zinbār, or Zambar Mountain.