| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Urfa
District : Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque
Site / Event : Mevlid-i Halil
|
 |
The site is an important pilgrimage site for Kurds, Turks, Arabs and Armenians.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Urfa
District : Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque
Site / Event : Mevlid-i Halil
|
 |
Pilgrims.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Urfa
District : Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque
Site / Event : Mevlid-i Halil
|
 |
Market stalls.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Urfa
District : Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque
Site / Event : Mevlid-i Halil
|
 |
Over the rooftops view of the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Antakya was founded by Greeks in 300 BCE and became an early Christian community visited by St Paul.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
The city was part of Syria until 1939 when it was handed to Turkey by a European treaty.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : St Peter's Church
|
 |
St Peter's Church is one of the oldest in the world.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : St Peter's Church
|
 |
The church is in a grotto that was once a Greek shrine to the earthquake god, Haroon.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
The city has a busy market.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Man weaving.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Making bread.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Shoemakers.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Making shoes by hand.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
Street scene in the centre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
3rd century Roman bridge.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
The city is set among hills and is close to the border with Syria.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
|
 |
View over the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Antakya's Archeological Museum has the second largest collection of mosaics in the world.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
"Ephygenia in Aulis".
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Summer, a mosaic found in the Daphne region of Antioch.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Tragic mask, a detail from a mosaic of the "Triumph of Dionysus".
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Three figures, part of a larger "Four Seasons" mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Soteria, goddess of protection and safety.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Detail of Soteria.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Mosaic with two figures.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Chtisis (Greek word for foundation / creation) carrying jewels.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
The quality of mosaics are very high.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Two satyrs from the Roman era.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
The boat of Psyche.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Orpheus playing the lyre to apease the animals.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Dionysus mosaic from the 2nd century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Mosaic showing dancing Bacchi.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Drunken Dionysus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Dionysios and Ariadne.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Eros and Psyche.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antakya
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
 |
Greek sarcophagus in the museum grounds.
|
1986 |
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