Kızkalesi Fortress, Diyarbakır

Mersin Province · Turkey

Kızkalesi Fortress, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The inner citadel at the heart of Diyarbakır's great black basalt city walls. Its restored bastions and the Artuqid palace overlook the Tigris valley and the Hevsel gardens.

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