Diyarbakır City Walls and Tigris Valley
Image View Description:
View Along Southern Walls East of Mardinkapi
Location:
Diyarbakır (Turkey), Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
Work Type:
architecture
Culture:
Turkish, Kurdish
Style / Period:
Ancient Roman, Byzantine, Artuqid
Subject 4
Photographer:
Gabriel Rodriguez
Notes:

The City Walls (Dişkale), also known as the Outer Castle, reached their current extent during the Roman Empire’s rule in the 4th century

Image Source:

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Record ID:
1516_mmm2015_diyarbakirwallsgeneral_img_011
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