Exterior: General View from Outside City Walls, facing East
Date:
ca. 1183-1184
Location:
Diyarbakır (Turkey), Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Urfa Gate, Urfa Kapısı
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
basalt
Culture:
Turkish, Kurdish
Style / Period:
Artuqid, Byzantine
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Gabriel Rodriguez
Notes:
The walls were originally completed in the 4th century CE and were rebuilt and expanded over time. This particular gate was built in the Artuqid period around 1183, although the north entrance is dated back to the 5th century.