The walls enclosing Diyarbakır's historic Sur district descend from the Roman city of Amida and took their present form in the mid-4th century AD under Emperor Constantius II. Made up of an inner citadel and an outer ring of city walls, they are often described as the widest and longest continuous defensive walls in the world after the Great Wall of China.
The four main gates are the Mountain Gate (Dağkapı), Urfa Gate, Mardin Gate and New Gate (Yenikapı). Together with the Hevsel Gardens, the walls were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015 as the "Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape".
Concierge tipThe Mountain Gate (Dağkapı) is the closest entrance to the hotel. Walk the ramparts in the late afternoon for the best views over the Hevsel Gardens and the Tigris valley.
