Description
Mardin is a historic city in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The city is known for its fascinating architecture and location: heavily decorated stone buildings cascading down a mountain, watching the vast expanse of the Mesopotamian plains below. It is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River.The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade.