Type Cultural Reference 1488 | Criteria iv UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 2015 | |
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UNESCO region Europe and North America Similar Castle Diyarbakir, Great Mosque of Diyarbakır, Divriği Great Mosque a, Letoon, Hasan Paşa Hanı | ||
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Diyarbakır Fortress, is a historical fortress in Sur, Diyarbakır, Turkey. It consists of inner fortress and outer fortress.
The main gates of the fortress are: Dağ (Mountain) Gate, Urfa Gate, Mardin Gate and Yeni (New) Gate. 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 defensive walls in the world after only the Great Wall of China.
UNESCO added the building to their tentative list on 2000, and listed it as a world heritage in 2015 along with Hevsel Gardens.
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