Hevsel Gardens - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Hevsel Gardens - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Hevsel Gardens (), are the seven hundred hectares of cultivated, fertile lands near the Tigris in eastern Turkey, between the Diyarbakır Fortress and the river. The fortified city was enclosed by a two-part system of defensive walls, and the gardens, fed by springs on the steep slope below, played a vital role in keeping the city provisioned and watered. The gardens were added to the UNESCO tentative list in 2013, and they became a World Heritage Site in 2015, along with the walls of Diyarbakır Fortress. Read more on Wikipedia
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