ID: 700008973 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008973	Record Type: Built Work
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon (hanging gardens; unknown Babylonian; according to legend, patron was Nebuchad...; by tradition, possibly built b...)

Note: Gardens that were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; by tradition, thought to be located near the royal palace in Babylon, built to honor Queen Semiramis. It has been suggested that they were rooftop gardens. No contemporary documentation or imagery depicts them at Babylon, however. An alternative theory is that the stories referred to earlier terraced gardens, actually located 250 miles to the north, at Nineveh, but mistakenly or for political reasons, placed at Babylon in the stories.

Titles:

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Babylon‏ ‎Hängende Gärten (C,U,German,U,U)

Hängende Gärten der Semiramis (C,U,German,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

hanging gardens [300008100] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, gardens (open spaces), <gardens by form>)

rooftop gardens [300008131]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, gardens (open spaces), <gardens by location or context>)

terrace gardens [300404778]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>, gardens (open spaces), <gardens by form>)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

landscaping / gardening (preferred)

Creation Date: by tradition, possibly built by King Nebuchadnezzar II ca. 600 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Babylonian; according to legend, patron was Nebuchadnezzar [preferred]

patron Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia (Babylonian king, died 562 BCE) [500276298]

landscape architects unknown Babylonian (Babylonian cultural designation) [500202917]

Locations:

Other: Lost:

Other: Babylon [7002626] Bābil (governorate), Iraq (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: probably garden with some use of masonry supports

	gardening [300054706]
	.......(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

botanical

Related Works:

	possibly identified with .... Hanging Garden at Nineveh [700008974]
	..........terrace gardens; unknown Assyrian, for Sennacherib, King of Assyria; possibly ca. 680 BCE

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures

Sources and Contributors:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Babylon‏ ‎Hängende Gärten	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Hängende Gärten der Semiramis	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) DNB|042284120

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Dalley, Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon (2013)
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)