that Arbil Governorate will finance the restoration project with US$13 million. The first restoration works were carried out in June 2010. The Citadel was inscribed on the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014. In January 2017, UNESCO indicated that the site could be removed from the list due to the slow progress being made in the restoration program. Places to visit at the Citadel The Kurdish Textile and Ethnographic (Cultural) Museum The French Institute of the Near East (French: Institut français du Proche-Orient, IFPO) Erbil Citadel Cultural Center Traditional Hammam (public bath) Great Mosque (Mulla Effendi Mosque) Erbil Stones and Gems Museum Citadel Antiques (souvenirs) High Commission for Erbil Citadel Revitalization (HCECR), head office Turkmen Heritage House Exhibition of Miniature of Kurdistan Costumes Kurdistan Music Archive Kurdish Tourism Association Barzani Museum Erbil Citadel Visitor Center Erbil Citadel Interpretation Center Exhibition of Handmade Carpets Mulla Ibrahim Dogramachi Mosque Gallery Some photos of the Citadel of Erbil during the restoration work, 2014. See also Erbil Citadel and Its Lost Wall https://www.academia.edu/91871479/Erbil_Citadel_and_Its_Lost_Wall References Sources Grousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes, (Translated from the French by Naomi Walford), New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press (1970) Further reading External links Citadel of Arbil on the World Heritage List High Commission for Erbil Citadel Revitalization (HCECR) Citadel Documentation Project Research of the citadel at Arbil, Kurdistan Region 5th-millennium BC establishments Buildings and structures in Erbil Archaeological sites in Iraq Castles in Iraq Tells (archaeology) World Heritage Sites in Iraq Tourist attractions in Iraqi Kurdistan Ubaid period Uruk period Buildings damaged by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake