"Diyarbakır boasts longest city walls after China
The walls of Diyarbakır, surrounding the city with 82 towers, are accepted as the longest of such structures after the Great Wall of China. The exact dates of their construction are unknown; however, it is known that the city was strategically strengthened by encircling it with these barriers during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantinus II in A.D. 349. The city walls are composed of two main parts known as the 'Outer Fortress' and 'Inner Fortress.' The Outer Fortress is more than five kilometers in length and has four doors -- Dağ Gate in the north, Urfa Gate in the west, Mardin Gate in the south and Yeni Gate in the east. The Inner Fortress is encircled by a separate wall in the northeast corner of the Outer Fortress. Artuklu Palace was discovered during an excavation of a hill called Virantepe in the Inner Fortress."
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