around the world with ipuenktchen

http://ipuenktchenworld.blogger.de/20121214/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbil

here the promised pics from my trip to erbil, capital and boom town of the kurdish auton. republic, part of iraq, using flags of both countries, but ppl have to request visa to visit each other!!!

kurdistan baghdad IQ

the most famous place, the citadel from about 1000 years ago, situated just in the center of erbil is now trying to be registered as a world heritage site!! so they have settled downtown the ppl before living in the citadel, a small place with even narrow alleys, mosque, hammam and lots of houses 25 m high above the city. even the *wall* of the citadell had been the walls of houses around the citadell!!!! and as some parts like the main gate for instance had been restored in a modern way, they have to destroy them again and to build in the original ancient models to reach to be registered by UNESCO on day!!!!! it's worth to do!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_of_Arbil



here you may see the main gate, most of all asked to be rebuilt!!!!!




to imagine where the citadel is situated pls have a look
at this photo, just in the middle the black round eye!!!!!
http://www.fotocommunity.fr/pc/pc/cat/9292/display/29444597

and the city park in front of the citadel day and night
as well is the main attractive point of the city!!





flohmarkt - baumarkt - what ever.....
aber keine sorge, OBI steht sicher schon in verhandlungen
mit den im bau befindlichen megamalls der boom town!!!