#Turkish architecture

[ancientsstudies]

Şahinbey Millet Camii

Photos by my friend in Turkey.

[gohvar]

Exploring the Dalmatian coast - Maškovića han revisited

Exploring the Dalmatian coast – Maškovića han revisited

It’s been seven years since we first visited Lake Vrana and explored the area around it. At that time, we saw the Maškovića Han from the outside, a 17th century project for a retirement home with guest rooms attached that was never completed. Over time, some of the more easily portable materials were snaffled to be reused elsewhere, but the overall walls and structure remained. There was a notice…

[triflingthing]

Istanbul

[toyastales]

I never thought of having wallpaper in a laundry room, but it is an elegant touch!

[escapismsworld]

Turkish Dagger (Grip + Blade), 16th century

Guard (Between handle and blade), 1774-89

[scavengedluxury]

Király bath, Budapest, 1975. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[kevkebus-subh]

[ancientorigins]

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus – the first mausoleum, and known as one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,' enthralls with its remarkable architectural design to its use of optical illusions, this ancient site is a testament to the remarkable engineering and craftsmanship of the past.

[kristo-flowers]

Bath of Pasha Memi, Pecs

[40svintagepoet]

[ancientsstudies]

İstanbul by _lagiuditta.

[nevzatboyraz44]

Turkish-Islamic Calligraphy is the art

of beautiful writing formed around Arabic letters. Line, which means "thin, long, straight path, line consisting of many points adjoining, line-like things and writing"; It is used in the meanings of "writing" and "beautiful writing" in Islamic culture.

الخط التركي الإسلامي هو فن الكتابة الجميلة التي تتكون حول الحروف العربية. الخط ، الذي يعني "مسار رفيع ، طويل ، مستقيم ، خط يتكون من عدة نقاط متجاورة ، وأشياء تشبه الخطوط وكتابة" ؛ تستخدم في معاني "الكتابة" و "الكتابة الجميلة" في الثقافة الإسلامية.

Türk İslam Hüsn-i Hat Sanatı:

Arap harfleri çevresinde oluşmuş güzel yazı sanatıdır. "İnce, uzun, doğru yol, birçok noktanın birbirine bitişerek sıralanmasından meydana gelen çizgi, çizgiye benzeyen şeyler ve yazı" anlamlarına gelen hat; İslam kültüründe "yazı" ve "güzel yazı" manalarında kullanılmıştır.

[toyastales]

A beautifully handcrafted archway.

[turqishcharm]

Ortahisar Mosque in Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Cappadocia region in Turkey. Old Turkish postcard.

[scavengedluxury]

Király bath, Budapest, 1967. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[emirphotoblog]

Prizren mosque roof

Taken by Emir Gegić