Hevsel-Gärten
Vorlage:Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hevsel Gardens (Vorlage:Lang-tr), are the seven hundred hectares fertile lands near Tigris shore, between the Diyarbakır Fortress and the river. The gardens were added to the UNESCO tentative list in 2013.[1] It became a World Heritage Site in 2015, along with Diyarbakır Fortress.[2]
Description
The Hevsel Gardens are first mentioned in Aramean chronicles dating from the ninth century BC, the settlement of Diyarbakır on the hill above having been established earlier than this. Diyarbakır was built on a basalt escarpment overlooking the Tigris River. The fortified city has been of importance in the region during the Hellenistic period, and during the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman Empires up to modern times.[2]
The Havel Gardens were created between the city and the river, with the objective of providing water and food for the inhabitants. Numerous springs emerge from beneath the basalt and the gardens are terraced to make best use of the water.[3]
References
Vorlage:World Heritage Sites in Turkey
- ↑ "Hevsel Bahçeleri de UNESCO'ya aday".
- ↑ a b Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape. UNESCO, abgerufen am 29. April 2019.
- ↑ Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine, Çiner, Attila, Kazancı, Nizamettin: Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey. Springer, 2019, ISBN 978-3-03003515-0, S. 138 (google.com).