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Image View Description:

Exterior: Dicle Bridge over the Tigris River south of Diyarbakir, Locally Known as On Gözlü Köprü

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:

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