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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713247.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713248.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713237.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713241.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713250.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van, Museum. Hakkari Stelae were found in the southeastern Turkish town of Hakkâri. Analysis of the weapons and figures shown on the stelae suggests that Eurasian nomads had penetrated the region by the early first millennium B.C. A total of 13 stelae of a type never seen before in Anatolia or the Near East, have been discovered in 1998 and may depict rulers of Hubushkia, a kingdom known from Assyrian annals of the tenth and ninth centuries B.C. Chiseled into one surface of each of the slabs is a frontal view of the upper part of a human figure (the legs are not represented). It is certain that these stelae, which may represent the rulers of the kingdom of Hubushkia, were created under the influence of a Eurasian steppe culture that had infiltrated into the Near East.
    em2713246.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape near Altinsaç village.
    em2713203.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Landscape near Tortum Lake. The valleys between Erzurum and Yusufeli onve were part of the Kingdom of Georgia.
    em2713472.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. A big concrete hand on a hill seems say goodbay to the near mountains of Armenian border. The hand was part of a monument of friendness with near Armenia but probably will never be finish, also because in the same place archeologists discovered a Urartian settlement.
    em2713047.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2712671.jpg
  • Hot air balloons near Ortahisar.
    em2710031.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713169.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713187.jpg
  • Hot air balloons  near Uchisar.
    em2712737.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Fishermen near  Gorundu village.
    em2713221.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Landscape near Tortum Lake. The valleys between Erzurum and Yusufeli onve were part of the Kingdom of Georgia.
    em2713477.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. The mosque of Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713195.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Hosap Castle near Guzelsu village, a truck stop village on the road to the Iran and Iraqi borders. Built in 1643 by the local Kurdish chieftain  Mahmudi Suleyman.
    em2713281.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2712677.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713181.jpg
  • Urgup, Disco open-air near the rock chimneys.
    em2712734.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. A woman near the old iron bridge mentioned in the novel Kar (Snow) by Orhan Pamuk.
    em2713022.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. A Georgian castle near Tortum. The valleys between Erzurum and Yusufeli onve were part of the Kingdom of Georgia.
    em2713490.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Landscape near Tortum Lake. The valleys between Erzurum and Yusufeli onve were part of the Kingdom of Georgia.
    em2713475.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Hosap Castle near Guzelsu village, a truck stop village on the road to the Iran and Iraqi borders. Built in 1643 by the local Kurdish chieftain  Mahmudi Suleyman.
    em2713269.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713183.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713170.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape near Altinsaç village.
    em2713202.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713198.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. The mosque of Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713192.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713167.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. A traditional tea house near Kars river, on the back the castle. This fortress has been a strategic spot since earliest times but historically has ben built by Saltut Turks in 1153 and torn down by Mongol conqueror Tamerlane in 1386. The castle was the scene of bloody fightings after WWI, when Russian army whithdrew, between Armenian and Turkish forces in 1920.
    em2713011.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2712683.jpg
  • Hot air balloons  near Uchisar.
    em2710016.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Hosap Castle near Guzelsu village, southeast of Van. Built in 1643 by the local Kurdish chieftain  Mahmudi Suleyman. The 17th-century complex, which was used as a base to "protect" caravans, included a palace, two mosques, three baths and a dungeon.
    em2713263.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713185.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713146.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2712678.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2710121.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Landscape on the road from Van to the Iraqi and Iran borders near the Urartian archeological site of Cavustepe.
    em2713302.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713172.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713161.jpg
  • Hot air balloons  near Uchisar.
    em2712742.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
    em2713307.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
    em2713305.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
    em2713303.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape near Altinsaç village.
    em2713208.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape near Altinsaç village.
    em2713206.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713184.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713154.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713151.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713147.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ani, a ruined and uninhabited medieval city situated near the border with Armenia. The church of St Gregory of the Abughamrents probably dates from the late tenth century and was built as a private chapel for the Pahlavuni family. Ani was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom  that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Called the "City of 1001 Churches", it stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world.<br />
At its height, with a population of more than 100,000 people, was a rival of Constantinople. Ani has been abandoned and largely forgotten for centuries and only in the 19th century European travelers rediscovered Ani for the outside world.
    em2712823.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2712680.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2710124.jpg
  • Church and monastery of Pankarlik near Mustafapasa.
    em2710120.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt. The palace, completed in 1784, is built on a hill at the side of a mountain and is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture.<br />
sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. <br />
Inner court. The İshak Pasha Palace is a rare example of the historical Turkish palaces.
    em2713150.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Hosap Castle near Guzelsu village, southeast of Van. Built in 1643 by the local Kurdish chieftain  Mahmudi Suleyman. The 17th-century complex, which was used as a base to "protect" caravans, included a palace, two mosques, three baths and a dungeon.
    em2713266.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Devil's Castle, Seytan Kalesi, north of Kars.
    em2713093.jpg
  • Kaymakli  underground city.
    em2710157.jpg
  • Cappadocia from Hot air balloons.
    em2710034.jpg
  • Hot air balloons.
    em2710027.jpg
  • Ortahisar, Hallaç Monastery.
    em2712606.jpg
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  • Cavusin,  the barren vault church of St John the Baptist.
    em2710109.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713355.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Sheeps on the slopes of the Nemrut Dagi (Mt Nemrut),  mountain rises from the southwestern shore of Lake Van.
    em2713319.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars, a interesting city mixing old and new, has been also the setting of the novel Kar (Snow) by Orhan Pamuk. Faik Bey monument.
    em2713060.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Erzurum. The 13th century Çifte Minareli Medrese (the "Twin Minaret" madrasa) is the symbol of Erzurum and a perfect example of Seljuk architecture, the carved portal being particularly fine.
    em2713499.jpg
  • Soganli valley, Yilanli  Kilise.
    em2710198.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713321.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. Ataturk monument.
    em2713019.jpg
  • Golgoli, a greek city where some people lived in caves until 80 years ago.
    em2710137.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars, gas station.
    em2713082.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Oskvank (Oshki), Georgian church dedicated to St John the Baptists is the grandest of the Georgian cathedrals in this region. Built in 958 -61 by Duke Bagrat and David Curapalates. A impressive  big building hidden in the mountains, village still in a relaively good shape.
    em2713460.jpg
  • Zelve  Valley.
    em2712743.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Erzurum. Ramazan (Turkish word for Ramadan) evening meal in the 13th century Çifte Minareli Medrese (the "Twin Minaret" madrasa). It is the symbol of Erzurum and a perfect example of Seljuk architecture, the carved portal being particularly fine.
    em2713514.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713364.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. The Nemrut Dagi (Mt Nemrut),  mountain rises from the southwestern shore of Lake Van. It is 3,050 m  high and its elliptic caldera has a diameter of about 7 by 8 km. The western part of the caldera contains a large coldwater crater lake about 155 m deep. <br />
Mt. Nemrut is the most southern and youngest of the chain of volcanoes in eastern Anatolia. The eruption of Nemrut volcano also led the formation of Lake Van, the largest in Turkey.
    em2713315.jpg
  • Goreme.
    em2710190.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape between Akdamar and Tatvan.
    em2713212.jpg
  • em2710163.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. Ataturk monument.
    em2713020.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713368.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713335.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Cavustepe, the stone foundations of the ruined 8th-century-BC Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, the palace of King Sarduri II.
    em2713301.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Landscape between Akdamar and Tatvan.
    em2713215.jpg
  • Hot air balloons.
    em2712740.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Erzurum. The 13th century Çifte Minareli Medrese (the "Twin Minaret" madrasa) is the symbol of Erzurum and a perfect example of Seljuk architecture, the carved portal being particularly fine.
    em2713504.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Oskvank (Oshki), Georgian church dedicated to St John the Baptists is the grandest of the Georgian cathedrals in this region. Built in 958 -61 by Duke Bagrat and David Curapalates. A impressive  big building hidden in the mountains, village still in a relaively good shape.
    em2713464.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). The surviving Armenian stelae of the cemetery. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.
    em2713377.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921).  A detail of David and Goliath bas-relief. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713357.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713348.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). Bas-reliefs with Jonah and the Whale. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713344.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Castle. Sardur Bucu (Sardur Tower, 840-830 B.C:9 named from Urartian king Sardur I.
    em2713261.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Castle. Sardur Bucu (Sardur Tower, 840-830 B.C:9 named from Urartian king Sardur I.
    em2713255.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Cildir Golu (Cildir Lake), north of Kars.
    em2713099.jpg
  • Mustafapasa, the old greek city of Sinasos.
    em2712686.jpg
  • Ortahisar, Halla?ß Monastery.
    em2712736.jpg
  • em2710160.jpg
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