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with 72 towers around the 72 streets and the two entries to the citadel. A jewel of the citadel is the so-called "Red Church", with traces of mosaics dating to the period before the
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visited the citadel in 1393 during his military expedition. The modern walls go back to the
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around 3,500 years ago, others assert that the citadel was constructed by the
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320:Iraq portal
239:Khasa River
115: /
91:Coordinates
1111:Categories
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375:1 December
329:References
203:قلعة كركوك
103:44°23′45″E
100:35°28′11″N
1058:or other
342:Mahmoud.
163:Condition
1137:Citadels
904:Category
391:"Kerkük"
294:period.
1060:Islamic
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747:Samarra
511:Baghdad
292:Ottoman
280:rampart
245:History
231:citadel
215:Turkish
207:Kurdish
132:Citadel
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223:Kirkuk
199:Arabic
31:Kirkuk
1066:is a
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