Diyarbakır city walls

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city wall fortification historic monument tourist attraction

The Diyarbakır city walls are a monumental set of black basalt fortifications in southeastern Turkey, renowned as some of the longest and best-preserved defensive walls in the world.

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Label Occurrences
Diyarbakır city walls canonical 7
Diyarbakır Fortress 5
city walls of Diyarbakır 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city wall ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith Diyarbakır city walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress

Hevsel Gardens ⓘ
builtFrom local volcanic stone ⓘ
constructionPeriod Late Roman period ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalRegion Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Anatolia
governingBody Diyarbakır ⓘ
surface form: Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality

Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
hasPart citadel of Diyarbakır ⓘ
inner walls ⓘ
outer walls ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria (v) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionsIn Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
knownFor being among the longest continuous city walls in the world after the Great Wall of China ⓘ
extensive inscriptions and reliefs ⓘ
high degree of preservation ⓘ
length approximately 5.5 km ⓘ
locatedIn Diyarbakır ⓘ
Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
surface form: Upper Tigris River basin
mainGate Sfenksli Kapı ⓘ
surface form: Dağ Kapı

Mardin Kapı ⓘ
Mardin Kapı ⓘ
surface form: Urfa Kapı

Yeni Kapı ⓘ
material black basalt ⓘ
numberOfGates 4 main gates ⓘ
numberOfTowers over 80 ⓘ
overlooks Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
partOf Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
historic center of Diyarbakır ⓘ
preservationStatus well-preserved ⓘ
shape roughly oval ⓘ
significantReconstruction Byzantine period ⓘ
Islamic period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
tourism major attraction for domestic tourists ⓘ
major attraction for international tourists ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2015 ⓘ
usedFor control of trade routes ⓘ
defense ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Diyarbakır → hasPart → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Diyarbakır → hasPart → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape → hasPart → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape → hasPart → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress
Diyarbakır city walls → associatedWith → Diyarbakır city walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress
Sur district → knownFor → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Sur district → hasStructure → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress
Sur district → hasStructure → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
this entity surface form: city walls of Diyarbakır
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır → near → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Amed → cityWalls → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Hevsel Gardens → locatedBetween → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
Hevsel Gardens → bufferZoneFor → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diyarbakır Fortress
Hevsel Gardens → isNear → Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ