Amadiya (known in Kurdish as Amêdî) does not announce itself gradually. One moment you are winding through mountain roads in the Duhok countryside, and the next it is simply there, an entire city balanced on a flat-topped rock plateau, rising 1,400 meters above sea level and surrounded on all sides by cliffs and open sky. It is one of the most visually arresting sights in all of Kurdistan, and it has been drawing people to this plateau for over five thousand yearsnnHistoric gate of AmedinnAmedi gate is in Amedi. A historic site of walls, masonry, or older carving. Visit to understand the area’s past and to