Mixed
Paysage culturel de la forteresse de Diyarbakır et des jardins de l’Hevsel
Turquie
Located in southeastern Turkey along the Tigris River, this mixed cultural landscape encompasses the historic fortress of Diyarbakır and the adjacent Hevsel Gardens. The fortress, with its distinctive black basalt walls, represents centuries of military and urban development spanning multiple periods of Mesopotamian and Anatolian history. The Hevsel Gardens form an essential component of this cultural landscape, functioning as agricultural land that has sustained the city's population for millennia through irrigation systems fed by the Tigris. The site testifies to the interaction between urban development and agricultural practices, demonstrating how the fortress and gardens operated as an integrated system supporting settlement in the region. The combination of monumental architecture and traditional horticultural landscape illustrates the relationship between human communities and their natural environment across successive historical periods. This dual designation as a mixed heritage site recognizes both the outstanding universal value of the fortress's architectural and historical significance and the cultural landscape's role in preserving traditional land use patterns.
