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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KWX_larder-kitchen-refectory_Nevsehir.html
English: These three areas lie side by side and are connected by passageways. The first section was used as a larder, with recesses hollowed from the rock being used as storage spaces. In the kitchen there is a "tandır", a type of o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KWW_karanl-305-k-dark-church_Nevsehir.html
English: To the north, a winding stairway leads into the rectangular, barrel vaulted narthex of the Dark Church. This church has a cruciform plan, the arms of which are cross vaulted. There is a center dome, with four columns and three apses. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVP_history-of-the-museum-buildings_Ankara-Ankara.html
English: The museum consists of two buildings, the Bedesten and the Kurşsunlu Han. The Bedesten (covered market), not arranged as the exhibition hall, was built by Mahmut Pasha, Grand Vizier (1455-1466, 1472-1473) under Mehmet II, the Conque…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KUM_cengel-han_Ankara-Ankara.html
English: History The Çengel Han was built in 1522-1523 during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman by Damat Rüstem Paşa who was married to the Sultan's daughter Mihrimah Sultan. Though it was built close to 500 years ago, the Çengel Han s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KUC_ankara-castle_Ankara-Ankara.html
English: Its construction date is not known clearly. It it thought to be constructed by Hittites who placed a manial area in the city. But this thought has not been verified with archeological findings. Before Hittites, Ankara Castle had been re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTQ8_processional-way_Madison-Izmir.html
Dini Alay Yolu [text in Turkish?] Processional Way [text in English]Annual festivals named ?Artemisia' or ?Ephesia' in antiquity were undertaken in honour of Artemis, the city goddess of Ephesos. The festivities, which lasted for several days, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKQ_last-home-of-the-blessed-virgin-the-mother-of-jesus-christ_Tampa-Izmir.html
Notice About The Shrine This place is considered to be the last home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ. The Facts According to the Scriptures: St. John, in his Gospel, tells us that Jesus, before dying on the Cross, entrusted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJ7_the-celsus-library_Concordia-Izmir.html
Celsus Kutuphanesi [text in Turkish?] The Celsus Library [text in English]:The Celsus Library, certainly the most well-known monument in Ephesos, was built between A.D. and 110 by Gaius Iulius Aquila for his father, the senator Tiberius Iulius …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJ5_the-great-theatre_Concordia-Izmir.html
B?y?k Tiyatro [text in Turkish...] The Great Theatre [text in English]The Great Theatre goes back to a preceding structure of the Hellenistic period (3rd-1st century B.C.). In the Roman period there was an extensive rebuilding under the Emperor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCQ_st-jean-aziz-yahya-kilisesi-the-church-of-st-john_SelA§uk-Izmir.html
[Left column: text in Turkish][Right column: text in English] According to the written sources, the basilica with wooden roof which includes St. John's grave was in a poor situation in 6th century AD. Emperor Justinian (527-565 AD) and Queen T…
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