Mardin used to be an important center of the Western Asia for both its strategic location and commercial richness. Excavations in Girnavaz Tumulus at the crossing point of Assyrian royal roads indicate that the place was continuously settled from 4000 to 700 BC. Yielding many finds including potteries, bottles, ceramic sculptures, cylinder shaped bulla as well as architectural remains from the late Assyrian period, Girnavaz reflects all characteristics pertinent to the upper Mesopotamian culture. The tumulus is believed to be the place where genies live together and visited for heal to those with mental problems.
Basic building material in traditional Houses of Mardin is easily workable limestone. Reflecting all characteristics of a closed-in way of life, traditional Mardin houses are surrounded by 4-meter high stonewalls. They have a distinguished place in the housing architecture of Anatolia with their unique plans, embellishments and materials and presently give the city a character of open-air museum.
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so sharp! i can feel that I’m walking in this town!
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Mardin used to be an important center of the Western Asia for both its strategic location and commercial richness. Excavations in Girnavaz Tumulus at the crossing point of Assyrian royal roads indicate that the place was continuously settled from 4000 to 700 BC. Yielding many finds including potteries, bottles, ceramic sculptures, cylinder shaped bulla as well as architectural remains from the late Assyrian period, Girnavaz reflects all characteristics pertinent to the upper Mesopotamian culture. The tumulus is believed to be the place where genies live together and visited for heal to those with mental problems.
Basic building material in traditional Houses of Mardin is easily workable limestone. Reflecting all characteristics of a closed-in way of life, traditional Mardin houses are surrounded by 4-meter high stonewalls. They have a distinguished place in the housing architecture of Anatolia with their unique plans, embellishments and materials and presently give the city a character of open-air museum.
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so sharp! i can feel that I’m walking in this town!
Comment by ida — January 18, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
@ida:
tanx…
Comment by Kaveh Saffari — January 18, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
Excuse me but is it the real town or only a model? Because it seems to me as a model
Comment by Sina — May 23, 2009 @ 11:27 am
@Sina: yeah of course it’s a model… it’s obvious isn’t it…? I took it in the Miniaturk park of Istanbul…
Comment by Kaveh Saffari — May 23, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
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