Midyat (Turkey) - Typical House
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(EN) After a long journey in a too full minibus I reached Midyat, one of the main attractions of the region together with Mardin and Hasankeyf. Unlike in other Turkish cities, there were no wooden buildings in the historic old town, instead, stone was used for building. Thanks to that, most of the historical architecture substance is preserved till today. Modernization still hasn’t arrived here, even some farmers live together with their animals in the historical buildings. The façade of the depicted building is typical for the region with its filigran details, which are common also in Mardin. Especially the minarets are attractive, most of them actually being church towers, since Midyat was until recently a mainly Aramaic and Christian town.
(D) Nach einer langsamen Fahrt in einem heillos überfüllten Minibus erreichte ich Midyat, neben Mardin und Hasankeyf eine der Hauptattraktionen der Region. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Städten der Türkei bestand die Altstadt hier nie aus Holzhäusern, sondern aus Stein, deshalb ist sie viel besser erhalten – abgesehen davon, dass die Modernisierungswelle hier auch noch gar nicht angekommen ist und in den historischen Gebäuden zahlreiche Tiere etc. gehalten werden. Das Gebäude im Bild hat eine für die Region typische, fein ausgearbeitete Fassade, wie man auch in Mardin viele sieht. Speziell sehenswert sind die Minarette, von denen mindestens die Hälfte eigentlich Kirchtürme sind und nur wie Minarette aussehen, denn früher war Midyat fast ausschliesslich von christlichen Aramäern bewohnt.
Comments
Wow! Where is this? Certainly Moslem
influenced design...
Posted 6 months ago.
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@ Uberdoog: It's in Midyat, South-East
Anatolia, an old Aramaic town. As far as I
know, this architecture style is found only
in Midyat and its neighbouring city Mardin,
it's very typical for that region. I'll
translate the German explanation above
later...
Btw. The aramaeans, who built that old town,
were mainly Christians. But definitely in a
Muslim influenced region.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Thank you, D! (Jesus of Nazareth spoke
Aramaic. You can't get more Christian than
that!)
Posted 6 months ago.
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