19 Eylül 2011 Pazartesi

Ephesus Library...

Ephesus Library... by Nejdet Düzen
Ephesus Library..., a photo by Nejdet Düzen on Flickr.

Ephesus is the best preserved classical city of the Eastern Mediterranean, and among the best places in the world enabling one to genuinely 'soak in' the atmosphere of Roman times.
The famous Ephesus Library was situated to the south of the Agora. This elegant monument was built in A.D. 135 by Julius Aquila in memory of his father, Celsus Polemaeanus of Sardis, Roman Senator and Proconsul of the province of Asia.
Ephesus is located in izmir of Turkey.

17 Eylül 2011 Cumartesi

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Blue Mosque, Istanbul by Nejdet Düzen
Blue Mosque, Istanbul, a photo by Nejdet Düzen on Flickr.

Sultan Ahmed Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque by many tourists because of its bluish interior decoration, is the most important mosque of Istanbul standing next to the Byzantine Hippodrome in the old city center. It was built by the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I between 1609 - 1616 facing Hagia Sophia, in order to compete with it. Its architect was Sedefkar Mehmet Aga, a poet and inlayer as well, and a student of the greatest architect Sinan. When Ahmed I died in 1617, he was buried near the mosque and a mausoleum was built over his tomb.

Hacı Bayram Mosque and The Augustus Temple, Ankara

The Augustos Temple is supposed to have been built over an earlier temple dedicated to Kybele and men between 25-20 BC, standing adjacent to the Hacı Bayram Mosque