Hevsel Gardens

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Reference	1488
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Coordinates	37°54′39.1″N 40°13′38.2″E / 37.910861°N 40.227278°E / 37.910861; 40.227278
Inscription history
Inscription	2015 (39th Session)

Hevsel Gardens, are the seven hundred hectares fertile lands near Tigris shore, between the Diyarbakır Fortress and the river. The gardens added to UNESCO tentative list in 2013.^[1] It became a World Heritage Site in 2015, along with Diyarbakır Fortress.^[2]

References

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey

Aegean	Ephesus Hierapolis / Pamukkale Pergamon Xanthos / Letoon¹

Black Sea	Hittite Capital of Hattusa Safranbolu

Central Anatolia	Göreme and Rock Sites of Cappadocia Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital

East Anatolia	Historic city of Ani

Marmara	Archaeological Site of Troy Bursa and Cumalıkızık Historic Areas of Istanbul Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

Mediterranean	Xanthos / Letoon¹

Southeastern Anatolia	Mount Nemrut in Commagene Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens

¹ Shared with other regions

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