Diyarbakır’da restorasyonu Ocak 2023’te de devam eden tarihi surlardaki çalışmalarda, Geç Roma Dönemi’ne ait, üzeri şişkin “bosaj”, kenarlarının ise “lesbos” tipinde hafif eğrisel yapıldığı görülen 1700 yıllık döşemeler tespit edildi.

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Fortifications of Diyarbakır
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationDiyarbakır, Diyarbakır Province, Şanlıurfa Subregion, Southeast Anatolia Region, Turkey
Part ofDiyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
CriteriaCultural: (iv)
Reference1488
Inscription2015 (39th Session)
Coordinates37°54′39.1″N 40°13′38.2″E / 37.910861°N 40.227278°E / 37.910861; 40.227278
Fortifications of Diyarbakır is located in Turkey
Fortifications of Diyarbakır
Location of Fortifications of Diyarbakır in Turkey

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.[1]

The main gates of the city 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. According to Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, the fortifications and powerful walls of Amid-Diyarbakir were built in the middle of 6th century BC under Armenian King Tigranes of and during the Yervanduni (Orontid dynasty). They are the widest and longest complete defensive walls in the world after only the Great Wall of China (the Theodosian Walls for example are longer in length, but are not continuous).[2][3]

UNESCO added the building to their tentative list on 2000,[1] and listed it along with Hevsel Gardens as a World Heritage Site in 2015, under the designation Diyarbakır Fortress.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Diyarbakır Kalesi ve Surları (Diyarbakır)" Archived 2015-09-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Diyarbakır Surları" Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Surlar" Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
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