Urfakapı

Date: ca. 1183-1184
Main Work: Diyarbakır City Walls, Dişkale
Image View Description: Interior: North Gate
Material/Technique: basalt
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Artuqid
Style/Period 2: Byzantine
Culture: Turkish
Culture: Kurdish
Location: Diyarbakır (Turkey)
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.
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_011


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