This article briefly introduces a list of better known Kurdish historical sites (Kurdish: Asewari mêjûyi Kurdan). Apart from Kurdish historical sites within Kurdistan, non-Kurdish sites within Kurdistan, and Kurdish sites outside of Kurdistan are also included.

Sites in Iranian Kurdistan[edit]

• Dimdim Castle, West Azarbaijan Province
• Mizgewti sûr, (Red Mosque), West Azarbaijan Province, Mahabad
• Serdar Castle, West Azarbaijan Province
• Sna castle, Kurdistan province, Sanandaj
• Yazdgerd Castle, Kermanshah province
• Bisotun, Kermanshah province
• Taq-e Bostan
• Temple of Anahita

Sites in Iraqi Kurdistan[edit]

• Tomb of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan, Sulaymaniyah
• Pira Delal
• Amadiya
• Hawler Citadel
• Ruins of Yassin tepe; Capital city of ancient Sharazor^[1]
• Shanidar Cave

Sites in Turkish Kurdistan[edit]

• Diyarbakir City Walls
• Hasankeyf, Batman
• Hoşap Castle in Güzelsu
• Ishak Pasha Palace, Doğubeyazıt
• Pool of Sacred Fish, Urfa
• Mount Nemrud
• Ahlat
• Daras

Sites in Syrian Kurdistan[edit]

• Afrin
• Hisn al-Akrad, originally a Kurdish settlement
• Citadel of Aleppo, partially Ayyubid-built, Aleppo

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