Akre (Aqrah)

Akre (Aqrah)

One of the most important tourist areas in the city of Dohuk. The city of Aqrah is 110 km from Erbil and 100 km north of Dohuk. It is located on a mountain slope between high mountains, and its houses were built on the slopes of the mountains, which gave the city of Aqrah stunning…

Mosul forests

Mosul forests

Mosul forests are located on the left side of the city. One of the most beautiful tourist places in the city of Mosul, the forests are a natural outlet for the people of Mosul. The Mosul forest area is about 1,000 dunums, and contains more than 25,000 trees, of various types, including evergreen and deciduous…

Tahrir Square in Baghdad

Tahrir Square in Baghdad

This is perhaps the first thing foreign tourists visit in Baghdad because Tahrir Square is located in the city center. The monument was established in 1959 to commemorate the 14th of July movement, which led to the fall of the monarchy and the proclamation of the republic in 1958. The Freedom Monument is 50 meters…

Mutanabi Street

Mutanabi Street

Al-Mutanabbi Street is located in the center of the city of Baghdad between Al-Maidan Square and Al-Rasheed Street. It is one of the oldest streets in the Middle East, as it is nearly nine centuries old.The history of the street dates back to the Abbasid era. Al-Mutanabbi Street, the book market in Baghdad, is one…

Al-Madrasah Al-Mustansiriya

Al-Madrasah Al-Mustansiriya

Al-Madrasah Al-Mustansiriya is located in the heart of Baghdad, overlooking the banks of the Tigris River, near Al-Mutanabbi Street. The area of ​​Al-Mustansiriya School is about 4836 square meters. Al-Mustansiriya is an ancient school founded during the Abbasid era in Baghdad in 1223 AD. At the hands of Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah, it was an important…

Iraqi National Museum

Iraqi National Museum

The Iraqi Museum building consists of 22 halls, according to the chronology and the different civilizations that appeared in Iraq, starting from the Stone Age and prehistoric times, passing through the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Islamic civilizations in all their stages. The first and second halls are dedicated to prehistoric times. The two halls…

Ziggurat of Ur

Ziggurat of Ur

Ziggurat (Aqraquf) is a stepped temple of the Sumerian era, one of the oldest historical monuments in Baghdad, located 25 km west of the capital, Baghdad, and about 16 km from the shrine of Imam al-Kadhim. Ziggurat (Aqreqof) was built during the Kassite era, by King (Korigalzu) I, to become their capital in the fourteenth…