Yedi Kardeş Tower
Image View Description:
Exterior: Relief and Inscription Detail, Southwestern Facade
Date:
ca. 1208
Location:
Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Location 2:
Diyarbakir (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Yedi Kardeş Burcu, Yedi Kardes Tower, Tower of the Seven Brothers
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
basalt
Culture:
Turkish
Culture 2:
Kurdish
Style / Period:
Artuqid
Style / Period 2:
Byzantine
Photographer:
Zainab Bahrani
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

Record ID:
1516_mmm2015_yedikardestower_img_059
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