Things to do in Nineveh, Iraq
Every place we have gathered in Nineveh: 22 sites.
Hatra
The city of the sun that held off Rome.
Nineveh
Sennacherib’s capital and Ashurbanipal’s library.
Nimrud
Winged bulls and golden treasure.
Khorsabad
Sargon II’s short-lived capital.
Al-Nuri Mosque and al-Hadba
The leaning minaret that symbolises Mosul.
Mar Mattai Monastery
A monastery clinging to Mount Maqlub.
Rabban Hormizd Monastery
A monastery cut into the mountain above Alqosh.
Grand Immaculate Church
The largest church in Iraq.
Tomb of Nahum
An ancient Jewish shrine in Alqosh.
Mar Behnam Monastery
The monastery of Prince Behnam and his sister Sarah.
Bash Tapia Castle
Castle ruins on the Tigris in Mosul.
Jerwan Aqueduct
One of the oldest aqueducts in the world.
Al-Tahera Church
The church of marble columns in Old Mosul.
Al-Saa’a Church
The church named after its clock.
Mar Toma Church
One of Mosul’s oldest churches.
Bartella
A Syriac town on the Nineveh Plain.
Notre-Dame des Semences
A Chaldean monastery below the Alqosh mountain.
The Old Bridge
Mosul’s first iron bridge over the Tigris.
Mosul Museum
Iraq’s second great museum.
Tal Afar Castle
A castle on a mound in the town centre.
Mosul Dam and its lake
Iraq’s largest dam, on the Tigris.
The Nergal and Adad Gates
Two gates in Nineveh’s Assyrian walls.