Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from April, 2006 Elderhostel Trip to Turkey and Greece

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Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from
April 2006 Elderhostel Trip to Turkey - Part II
Turkey - Part I Stopover in Greece

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Salda Gölü (lake), west of Burdur. High content of magnesium salts.
Hierapolis Gate, a Roman archway and lace vendor. Where St. Phillip was killed in 80 AD. Pamukkale

Red poppies (papaver rhoeas), wall and column, Hierapolis. Pamukkale
Wading on the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale

Overlooking the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale
Stone building and country lane at Tavas

Roman amphitheater (60 BC) at Aphrodisias
Wading on the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale

Temple of Aphrodite (1st cent. BC), converted to a Christian church in 5th cent. AD. Aphrodisias
Tetrapolion Gate. Aphrodisias

Visitors' center at Aphrodisias, with pines and Taurus mountains
(see my painting of this scene)
House of Mary (Meryemana Evi), 37 AD at Selcuk. (where tradition says St. John brought Mary for the last few years of her life).

View of Kusadasi harbor and Aegean Sea from Room 720 of Korumar Hotel, Kusadasi
Bountiful farmers' market at Selcuk

Lots of vegetables at farmers' market at Selcuk
Pulling threads off of silk coccoons at the Hali carpet center. Selcuk

Julia learning to knot carpets at the Hali carpet center. Selcuk
Ertugrul Karasu, the owner of the Hali carpet center, showing a few of his 5000 carpets. Selcuk

A silk double-knotted carpet made by Turkomen from Kayseri. From the Hali carpet center. Selcuk
Marble bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 3rd cent. AD. Ephesus Museum

The Artemis of Ephesus (with lots of breasts), 125-175 AD. In Ephesus Museum
Odeion, which seated 1500 people. Built in 150 AD. Parliament's 550 members met here in Ephesus

Looking down the crowded Marble Street toward the Library of Celsus. Ephesus
Archway in the Scholastika Baths. 1st and 2nd cent. AD. Mt. Pion in the distance. Ephesus

Cat near facade of Library of Celsus, 2nd cent. AD. Ephesus
Facade of Library of Celsus. Built in 117-120 AD for Julius Celsus Polemaeanus by his son. Ephesus

Amphitheater where St. Paul preached (and started a riot against Christians). Built in 3rd cent. BC to seat 24,000. Ephesus
Temple of Apollo, 7th - 6th cent. BC An oracle like Delphi. At Didyma (which means "the twins", referring to Apollo and Artemis)

Lower courtyard in Temple of Apollo. Didyma
A stone carver "retouching" a massive column. Temple of Apollo. Didyma

Medusa at Temple of Apollo. Didyma
Restaurant and carpet center in 16th cent. AD caravanseri. Kusadasi

Backgammon players along pedestrian mall. Kusadasi
Modern mosque (built with local, private funds). Bergama (ancient Pergamum)

Heinrich Schliemann's trench, showing Level I (2800 BC) and the Aegean Sea, now 7 miles away. Troy.
Original rock foundation and lower mud wall. Level II. Troy

The eastern city wall of Level VI (Homer's Troy. 13th cent. BC, where the Trojan War was fought). Troy
A recreation of the Trojan Horse. Troy

A tugboat at dawn over the Dardanelles at Canakkale
WWI Cemetery at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula (where 500,000 soldiers died during 9 months in 1915)

Tassles on Trojan Oak (quercus trojana). Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkish flags near Kariye Museum. Was once Chora Church. Istanbul

Christian mosaics in Kariye Museum. Istanbul
Main passageway in the Grand Bazaar (which contains ca. 5000 shops). Istanbul.

The Blue Mosque. Built by Mehmet Aga, 1609 - 1616 for Sultan Ahmet Camii. Istanbul
The Blue Mosque and the Obelisk of Theodosius (moved from Egypt in 390 AD). Built ca. 1600 BC. Istanbul

Prayer rug inside Blue Mosque. Istanbul
Lights, carvings, and windows inside Blue Mosque. Istanbul

Italian stained glass windows and pulpit in Blue Mosque. Istanbul
Blue Mosque at night, from terrace of Armada Hotel. Istanbul

Plaza near bridge over the Golden Horn where it joins the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. Istanbul
View from previous plaza of Blue Mosque (left) and Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) . Istanbul

Columns and arches on 2nd floor of Hagia Sophia. Built in the 6th cent. AD. Istanbul
Medallions, domes and pulpit inside Hagia Sophia. Istanbul

Gate of Salutations - Entrance to Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
Carved doorway in harem of Topkapi Palace. Istanbul

Suntan's "entertainment room" in harem of Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
Tulips near the treasury. Topkapi Palace. Istanbul (Tulips originated in Turkey. They are its holy flower.)

Throne Room (left) and Library of Ahmet III (built in 1719). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
Baghdad Pavilion (built in 1639). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul

Doorway of Throne Room (Audience Hall). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
View of Hagia Sophia from roof of Armada Hotel.

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	Salda Gölü (lake), west of Burdur. High content of magnesium salts.		Hierapolis Gate, a Roman archway and lace vendor. Where St. Phillip was killed in 80 AD. Pamukkale
	Red poppies (papaver rhoeas), wall and column, Hierapolis. Pamukkale		Wading on the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale
	Overlooking the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale		Stone building and country lane at Tavas
	Roman amphitheater (60 BC) at Aphrodisias		Wading on the travertine terraces at Hierapolis. Pamukkale
	Temple of Aphrodite (1st cent. BC), converted to a Christian church in 5th cent. AD. Aphrodisias		Tetrapolion Gate. Aphrodisias
	Visitors' center at Aphrodisias, with pines and Taurus mountains (see my painting of this scene)		House of Mary (Meryemana Evi), 37 AD at Selcuk. (where tradition says St. John brought Mary for the last few years of her life).
	View of Kusadasi harbor and Aegean Sea from Room 720 of Korumar Hotel, Kusadasi		Bountiful farmers' market at Selcuk
	Lots of vegetables at farmers' market at Selcuk		Pulling threads off of silk coccoons at the Hali carpet center. Selcuk
	Julia learning to knot carpets at the Hali carpet center. Selcuk		Ertugrul Karasu, the owner of the Hali carpet center, showing a few of his 5000 carpets. Selcuk
	A silk double-knotted carpet made by Turkomen from Kayseri. From the Hali carpet center. Selcuk		Marble bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 3rd cent. AD. Ephesus Museum
	The Artemis of Ephesus (with lots of breasts), 125-175 AD. In Ephesus Museum		Odeion, which seated 1500 people. Built in 150 AD. Parliament's 550 members met here in Ephesus
	Looking down the crowded Marble Street toward the Library of Celsus. Ephesus		Archway in the Scholastika Baths. 1st and 2nd cent. AD. Mt. Pion in the distance. Ephesus
	Cat near facade of Library of Celsus, 2nd cent. AD. Ephesus		Facade of Library of Celsus. Built in 117-120 AD for Julius Celsus Polemaeanus by his son. Ephesus
	Amphitheater where St. Paul preached (and started a riot against Christians). Built in 3rd cent. BC to seat 24,000. Ephesus		Temple of Apollo, 7th - 6th cent. BC An oracle like Delphi. At Didyma (which means "the twins", referring to Apollo and Artemis)
	Lower courtyard in Temple of Apollo. Didyma		A stone carver "retouching" a massive column. Temple of Apollo. Didyma
	Medusa at Temple of Apollo. Didyma		Restaurant and carpet center in 16th cent. AD caravanseri. Kusadasi
	Backgammon players along pedestrian mall. Kusadasi		Modern mosque (built with local, private funds). Bergama (ancient Pergamum)
	Heinrich Schliemann's trench, showing Level I (2800 BC) and the Aegean Sea, now 7 miles away. Troy.		Original rock foundation and lower mud wall. Level II. Troy
	The eastern city wall of Level VI (Homer's Troy. 13th cent. BC, where the Trojan War was fought). Troy		A recreation of the Trojan Horse. Troy
	A tugboat at dawn over the Dardanelles at Canakkale		WWI Cemetery at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula (where 500,000 soldiers died during 9 months in 1915)
	Tassles on Trojan Oak (quercus trojana). Gallipoli Peninsula		Turkish flags near Kariye Museum. Was once Chora Church. Istanbul
	Christian mosaics in Kariye Museum. Istanbul		Main passageway in the Grand Bazaar (which contains ca. 5000 shops). Istanbul.
	The Blue Mosque. Built by Mehmet Aga, 1609 - 1616 for Sultan Ahmet Camii. Istanbul		The Blue Mosque and the Obelisk of Theodosius (moved from Egypt in 390 AD). Built ca. 1600 BC. Istanbul
	Prayer rug inside Blue Mosque. Istanbul		Lights, carvings, and windows inside Blue Mosque. Istanbul
	Italian stained glass windows and pulpit in Blue Mosque. Istanbul		Blue Mosque at night, from terrace of Armada Hotel. Istanbul
	Plaza near bridge over the Golden Horn where it joins the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. Istanbul		View from previous plaza of Blue Mosque (left) and Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) . Istanbul
	Columns and arches on 2nd floor of Hagia Sophia. Built in the 6th cent. AD. Istanbul		Medallions, domes and pulpit inside Hagia Sophia. Istanbul
	Gate of Salutations - Entrance to Topkapi Palace. Istanbul		Carved doorway in harem of Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
	Suntan's "entertainment room" in harem of Topkapi Palace. Istanbul		Tulips near the treasury. Topkapi Palace. Istanbul (Tulips originated in Turkey. They are its holy flower.)
	Throne Room (left) and Library of Ahmet III (built in 1719). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul		Baghdad Pavilion (built in 1639). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul
	Doorway of Throne Room (Audience Hall). Topkapi Palace. Istanbul		View of Hagia Sophia from roof of Armada Hotel.

Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from April 2006 Elderhostel Trip to Turkey - Part II

Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from
April 2006 Elderhostel Trip to Turkey - Part II