Architectural and Hydrological Features of the Historical Limestone Bridges in Diyarbakir,Turkey

As well known, the historical structures reflect the language, cultures, religions, and development levels of ancient civilizations. In other words, each historical structure can be qualified as an evidence of its civilization’s history. Furthermore, such structures give information about early age hydrological, meteorological, and geological characters of their region. Therefore protecting such historical structures and recording their information are essentially important. Consequently, 14 of the historical limestone bridges located in Diyarbakir province have been detected and mapped. The architectural, geological, and hydrological properties of these bridges have been briefly presented.