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  • Diyarbakır Fortress

  • Diyarbakır Fortress

    Diyarbakır Fortress is a historical fortress in Sur in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. It consists of an inner fortress and an outer fortress. The walls come from the old Roman city of Amida and were constructed in their present form in the mid-fourth century AD by the emperor Constantius II. They are the widest and longest complete defensive walls in the world after only the Great Wall of China. The building was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape.
    World Heritage Site
    Diyarbakır Fortress
    by David Stanley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 678 m

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    Diyarbakır Fortress

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2015

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Diyarbakır Province

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    4th Century AD

    Roman

    Byzantine

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    Roman & Byzantine Monuments

     

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