Image View Description:
Tigris Valley facing South, Diyarbakir City Walls are to the West
Location:
Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Location 2:
Diyarbakir (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
Work Type:
architecture
Culture:
Turkish
Culture 2:
Kurdish
Style / Period:
Ancient Roman
Style / Period 2:
Byzantine
Style / Period 3:
Artuqid
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_026