Image View Description

Exterior: Tower from inside City Walls, Park

Date

ca. 1208

Main Work
Diyarbakır City Walls, Dişkale
Material/Technique
  • basalt
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Artuqid, Byzantine
Culture
Turkish, Kurdish
Location
Diyarbakır (Turkey), Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Notes

The walls were originally completed in the 4th century CE and were rebuilt and expanded over time, this particular tower was built in the Artuqid period around 1208

Image Source

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

Photographer
Serdar Yalcin
Record ID
1415_mmm2015_diyarbakirwalls_vr_009
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