World Heritage Identification Number: 1488
World Heritage since: 2015
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape: A Historical and Cultural Treasure in Southeastern Anatolia
The Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, offers a unique blend of history, culture, and natural beauty in southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. This site, located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin, has been a significant center since the Hellenistic period, providing a testament to the region's rich past and enduring cultural heritage.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since the Hellenistic period, through the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman times to the present. The site encompasses the Inner castle, known as İçkale and including the Amida Mound, and the 5.8 km-long city walls of Diyarbakır with their numerous towers, gates, buttresses, and 63 inscriptions. The site also includes the Hevsel Gardens, a green link between the city and the Tigris that supplied the city with food and water, the Anzele water source and the Ten-Eyed Bridge.
Encyclopedia Record: Fortifications of Diyarbakır
The Fortifications of Diyarbakır are a set of fortifications enclosing the historical district of Sur in Diyarbakır, Turkey. They consist of an inner fortress, the citadel, and an outer ring of city walls.Additional Site Details
Area: 521.23 hectares
Coordinates: 37.9031 , 40.2393083333
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