ÇAYÖNÜ SITES

It is located at Hilar Caves location within the boundaries of Sesveren Pınar of Ergani district of Diyarbakır province. The excavations and investigations carried out since 1964 revealed it as one of the oldest settlements of Anatolia, with traces of settling going back to the 8th millennium B.C. In these sites which belong to the Early Agricultural Village Communities period, various stages within the Neolithic Age itself were revealed.

ÜÇTEPE RUINS

It is located at Üçtepe village of Bismil District of Diyarbakır. Excavations were started in 1988 at Üçtepe which is one of the bigger tumuluses of the area, under the scientific leadership of Prof. Dr. Veli Sevin by the Directorate of Diyarbakır Museum. Besides significant works from the New Assyrian era, important findings from Hurri - Mitanni, Helenistic and Roman periods were discovered.

DIYARBAKIR CASTLE

Located at the Provincial center, the magnificent Diyarbakır Castle is 5700 m. long, 12 m. high and 3- 5 m. wide, with a plan resembling a turbot fish. The castle has four entarences and eighty two bastions. The most important of the later is the "bastion of seven Brothers", built in 1208 by the Artuklu King Melik Salih Memduh. It has double headed eagle and winged lion reliefs. An inscription goes around the bastion like a sash. The castle which was built in the year 349 during the Roman period, was repaired at various times during the Islamic period, and took its present form with several additions.

MALABADI BRIDGE

It is on the Diyarbakır - Batman highway, on the right hand side of the new road. It was build in 1147 during the Artukoğulları period. The feet of the large pointed arch at the center are based on rocks. There are two chambers of 4.50 X 5.30 size at both ends of the bridge where the guards responsible from the security of the bridge could be posted and the caravan travelers could rest. Inside the spiral columned niches on the gullies of the bridge, there are paintings of human, animal and sun motifs.

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