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15-JUN-2010

Diyarbakir Yedi Kardeş Burçu in 2010 8094.jpg

Picture (formerly wrongly identified) of the Seven Brothers' Gate, the 37th bastion. Here a double-headed eagle is flanked by two facing winged lions with their heads rendered en face. The tail of the western lion terminates in a dragon head. It’s (like the Evli Beden) located to the southwest, between Urfa and Mardin Gates, and were commissioned by the Artuqid al-Malik al-Salih Nasreddin Mahmud (r. 1200/1–1222/23 AD).

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1/2500s f/8.0 at 38.0mm iso3200 full exif

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