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Mezopotamya Almina Konağı
Mardin citadel and stone houses at night. Photograph: Hamdigumus, CC0

Mardin

From the konak's door into Mesopotamia.

Stone passages, old buildings and the view over the plain.

Mardin citadel and stone houses at night. Photograph: Hamdigumus, CC0

01Citadel

Night

The hour when the old city and the citadel are lit.

A stepped stone passage in old Mardin. Photograph: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0

02Lanes

Abbaras

Covered passages descending between stone walls.

The carved minaret of Mardin's Ulu Cami. Photograph: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0

03Artuqid

Ulu Cami

A mosque of cut stone. Its carved minaret holds the old city's silhouette.

Rock-cut remains at the ancient city of Dara. Photograph: Mihrirojin, CC BY-SA 4.0

04Ancient

Dara

A frontier city cut into the rock: vaults, cisterns, open stone.

Low vines on the outskirts of Midyat. Photograph: Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl

05Syriac

Vineyard

Vine growing carried on in Syriac households around Midyat. The vines sit low in dry earth.

A carved ashlar façade in old Mardin. Photograph: Hamdigumus, CC0

06Houses

Cut Stone

Carved arches and ashlar façades. The grain of old Mardin.

Historic minaret, dome and plain in Mardin. Photograph: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0

07View

Mesopotamian Plain

The wide plain opening at the foot of the old city.

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