Diyarbakır City Walls
The great black basalt walls that enclose Sur, the old city of Diyarbakır, with an inner citadel above the Tigris. They run for several kilometres with towers and gates, and long stretches can still be walked.
- Where
- Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 37.9109, 40.2273
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Near Diyarbakır City Walls
Karahan Tepe 122 km
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in the Şanlıurfa region, related to nearby Göbekli Tepe and also marked by T-shaped stone pillars. It may be one of the earliest known villages, dated to between 10,000 and 9500 BC.
Mount Nemrut 131 km
A 2,150-metre mountain in the eastern Taurus whose summit carries what is thought to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. Great stone heads of gods and kings, toppled from their statues, sit on its terraces, and people climb up to see them at sunrise.
Mor Gabriel Monastery 133 km
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Göbekli Tepe 138 km
A Neolithic site near Şanlıurfa, built from around 9500 BC, before pottery or farming towns. Its circles of great T-shaped stone pillars, carved with foxes, boars and snakes, are among the oldest known megaliths in the world.
Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum 153 km
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Harran 157 km
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Çifte Minareli Madrasa 240 km
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Questions
Where is Diyarbakır City Walls?
Diyarbakır City Walls is in Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Karahan Tepe (122 km), Mount Nemrut (131 km), Mor Gabriel Monastery (133 km).
How do I get the Diyarbakır City Walls stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Diyarbakır City Walls and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Diyarbakır volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Diyarbakır City Walls before. Can I still have the stamp?
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