photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Elazığ pictures - Turkey >> Harput near Elazig in Turkey >> Harput Ulu Cami > Harput Ulu Camii 9623.jpg
previous | next
15-SEP-2006

Harput Ulu Camii 9623.jpg

view map

The Ulu Cami or Grand Mosque, built 1156-57. A notice indicates it is the most important and oldest building of Harput. It has a rectangular plan, walls are made of rubble stone and its dome, arches and minaret are made of brick. It is one of the oldest mosques of Anatolia and was built during the reign of the Artukoĝlus dynasty. It was built by the order of Fahreddin Karaarslan, ruler of Harput. It’s famous for an inclining minaret and its courtyard and porticos.

Nikon D2x
1/500s f/8.0 at 12.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
comment | share