Diyarbakır
Base town · Diyarbakır province
Diyarbakır
A city on the Tigris inside some of the longest standing city walls anywhere, built of black basalt. The walls and the Hevsel Gardens below them are World Heritage.
What to see from here
Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
- in townAmida (Diyarbakır walls)
Diyarbakır’s black basalt city walls, almost six kilometres around, with the Hevsel Gardens running down to the Tigris. Allow about half a day.
Museums in Diyarbakır
- museumDiyarbakır Archaeology Museum
Çayönü finds