Sunday, January 13, 2013

Images and Words : Old Buildings

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. Marcus V. Pollio
The Mahmutbey Mosque in Daday - Kastamonu - Turkey was built in the 14th century . The mosque was mainly built by wood with specal thecniques of fixing and overlapping without using any nails . Turkey having faults causing earthquakes there are two wooden colombs that rotate 360 degress even today which means the mosque wasnt effected from the earhquakes it faced
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7 comments:

  1. SueJanuary 13, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    How interesting the way they built this beautiful place. So it withstood an earthquake..
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  2. MitchyLRJanuary 13, 2013 at 4:34 PM

    Lovely old building, and a unique style!!

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  3. Belita Isabel JaneiraJanuary 13, 2013 at 5:02 PM

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  4. Belita Isabel JaneiraJanuary 13, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Love old buildings specially when they are made of wood...

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  5. MilliJanuary 14, 2013 at 3:23 AM

    Oh my gosh that was a fascinating read Fatos.
    What a wonderful old building. Centuries old and still looking good and functioning perfectly.

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  6. ShaynacwingsJanuary 14, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    That is a truely lovely photo Fatos and built with wooden nails is really going way back into the past. I have noticed that method lasts a very long time.

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  7. kia909January 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Lovely building and those old techniques seem to make it last!
    My old buildings

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