Hanging Gardens, Babylon.

Hanging Gardens'(600 BC) was built by King Nebuchadnezzar. According to one story, to please his Persian Wife, who was homesick for the hills and woodlands of her native country, he built this garden.

The garden occupied 275 mt.X183 mt. and was situated nearEuphratesRiver, in the greatpalace ofNebuchadnezzar, 96 km. south of present city of Baghdad. According to Diodrus of Sicily,they were an annexe to the palace, a series of terraces supported by arcades to the height of the city wall from the bank of Euphrates. The arcades were constructed with bricks and bitumen.

The walls were about 6-7 m thk. with passages between them about 3mt. wide. The terraced gardens planted with flowers and trees, with beautiful fountains were 25m - 100 m above the ground. Water was stored in the resevoir on the top andsupplied through pipes to the gardens. The Greeks described them as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.