Diyarbakır Fortress
| Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape | |
|---|---|
| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
 | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 1488 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Coordinates | 37°54′39.1″N 40°13′38.2″E / 37.910861°N 40.227278°E |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2015 (39th Session) |
Diyarbakır Fortress, is a historical fortress in Sur, Diyarbakır, Turkey. It consists of inner fortress and outer fortress.[1]
The main gates of the fortress are: Dağ (Mountain) Gate, Urfa Gate, Mardin Gate and Yeni (New) Gate.[1] The walls come from the old Roman city of Amida and were constructed in their present form in the mid-fourth century AD by the emperor Constantius II. They are the widest and longest defensive walls in the world after only the Great Wall of China.[2][3]
UNESCO added the building to their tentative list on 2000,[1] and listed it as a world heritage in 2015 along with Hevsel Gardens.
References
External links
- Sur Tour Guide – Sur Government web site
- Van Berchem, Max, & Josef Strzygowski (1910). Amida: Materiaux pour l'épigraphie et l'histoire Musulmanes du Diyar-Bekr
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