Beauties (Pictures) of your Country

My country is one of the most beautiful countries both naturally and architecturally (maybe not by Government ), anyway there are some historical buildings in the northern jungles of Iran, one of the most famous and beautiful ones is the ancient Rudkhan castle, one the largest castles in Iran which occupies an area of about 5 hectares and sits at the two peaks of a mountain:

Edited by Cyrus Shahmiri - 14-Nov-2009 at 07:15

Dear Sander,

Any idea why on some old drawings of this city is it called "Amstelredan?" or "Amstelredam?"

I know that "Amstel" is an original name or word, that is carried on via the beer by the same name. But, "redan" means "fortress"! Was the original name "The Fortress City of Amstel?"

Regards,

Edited by opuslola - 25-Nov-2009 at 07:20

Originally posted by opuslola Dear Cyrus, I think this is your post at the old site? http://www.allempires.net/my-trip-to-the-ancient-rudkhan-castle_topic13597_post251400.html regards,

Kurdistan, land of Kurds




Edited by Azadi - 26-Nov-2009 at 11:01

Kurdistan, land of Kurds

regarding the beauties shown above? WOW! Great shots,and it is a real problem that these two natiions of "Aryans?" or at least "Arians" could not be closer together?

Cyrus Shahmiri, "officially" Kordkuy is not considered a part of Kurdistan, and this is widely accepted by most Kurds (excluding those from Irani-Kurdistan) - f. ex. because it's too isolated, and they never felt any cultural connection to it.

The pictures above are from Iraqi-Kurdistan, South Kurdistan - most of them are from the area north of Hewler, but those beautiful mountains covered in snow for example are from Maragah and Sirsenk. There is also some from the area around Sulimaniya, and the Salahuddin province. (I did not post pictures from the Kurdish city of Kerkuk and it's surroundings, because I thought it would be offensive and provoke people).

I'll post some more pictures from South, before I move to the other parts. I'll also write up name and exact place on the map for each picture.

A.

And these are collected from Flickr (click on image for the original link):


Bigar waterfall, Banat




Old train in Bistrita Nasaud county




Constanta city with "Carol I" mosque




Postavaru mountain, Brasov county

Mazichal in the north of Iran: http://www.allempires.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24509

That particular photo you mentioned Cyrus, is the city of Rewanduz. You can find gorgeous waterfalls in this area too, as a matter of fact it is one of the greenest part of Kurdistan.

A.