Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape

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World Heritage Site cultural landscape fortified complex

Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape is a historic fortified complex and adjoining fertile riverine gardens in southeastern Turkey that together illustrate the region’s long-standing urban, military, and agricultural heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape canonical 4
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens World Heritage property 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
fortified complex ⓘ
associatedWithCity Diyarbakır ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Armenian heritage ⓘ
Assyrian heritage ⓘ
Kurdish culture ⓘ
Turkish culture ⓘ
bufferZoneArea 5200 ha ⓘ
coreZoneArea 521 ha ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
elevation approximately 600 m above sea level ⓘ
governingBody Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
hasCityWallGates multiple historic gates ⓘ
hasCityWallLength approximately 5.8 km ⓘ
hasCityWallTowers approximately 82 towers ⓘ
hasFunction agricultural production ⓘ
urban defense ⓘ
water management ⓘ
hasLandUse orchards ⓘ
vegetable gardens ⓘ
water channels ⓘ
hasPart Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress

Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Hevsel Gardens ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2015 ⓘ
locatedIn Diyarbakır ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Anatolia
locatedOnRiver Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
managedBy Diyarbakır ⓘ
surface form: Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality

Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
notableFor fertile riverine gardens ⓘ
well-preserved city walls ⓘ
partOf Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Upper Tigris Valley
periodOfSignificance Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Islamic period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
recognizedFor continuity of urban settlement ⓘ
integration of fortress and agricultural hinterland ⓘ
testimony to multi-cultural history ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1488 ⓘ
wallMaterial basalt stone ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diyarbakır → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Diyarbakır city walls → partOf → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Sur district → contains → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic center of Diyarbakır
Sur district → hasHeritageStatus → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer/core area (Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens)
Amida → heritageConnection → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens"
Amed → hasHeritageStatus → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (city walls and Hevsel Gardens)
Hevsel Gardens → partOf → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Hevsel Gardens → partOfCulturalLandscape → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Hevsel Gardens → isComponentOf → Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens World Heritage property