Photos of Herat Citadel

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The recently restored Qala Ikhtyaruddin, in Herat, November 30, 2011. Some historians believe that Alexander the Great built a fortress on the site when he travelled through Afghanistan around 330 BC. The current walls, which date from around the 14th Century, were crumblng before the Aga Khan Trust for Culture began restoration work in 2008.
Herat Citadel (پارسی: ارگ هرات) is a tourist attraction, one of the Forts in Kābulihā, Afganistàn. It is located: 34 km from Chahār Borj, 880 km from Turbet-i-Haidari, 890 km from Maimāna. Read further
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