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Silk Road: Aras valley


Silk Road: Aras valley
Photo Information
Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 15 N: 608] (1490)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2002-08-14
Categories: Castles
Camera: Minolta Dynax 404si, Kodak elite 200
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): The Silkroad on Bicycle [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-26 14:23
Viewed: 836
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Travels on the Silk Road:
The Aras valley leads the traveller from Armenia to Tabris in Iran. The occasional Armenian church or, as in this picture, rests of such churches remind the traveller that churches, mosques and Zoroastrian sites coexist since centuries in Iran. You see Nakheirchi (=sheperd's) chapel near Jolfa here. The Aras valley is depopulated today because it had served as a closed border to the Soviet Union since 1920. The relations between Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan have improved to a point where the Aras valley could become once more what it was: a part of the modern Silk Road, a side branch through Armenia.

The slide was scanned, the scan treated in PS: the sky blurred to remove grain; smudges removed with the stamp; sharpened; saturation increased by 12% to compensate for loss while reducing the format.
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Bonjour,
La vie doit être rude dans la région !
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Hi Dietrich,

This is as peaceful as it gets. Love the ruins, the stones and the solitude.

Hemant

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  • doubay Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 969 W: 43 N: 892] (4377)
  • [2007-03-29 11:31]

Hallo Dieter,
mal wieder ein schönes und interessantes Foto einer bizarren Landschaft. Weißt du wieviele Armenier es im Iran gibt?
VG
Andreas

Hello Dietrich,

Thanks for this real rare photo of armenian church.
As I understand this ruin located not far from well-known demolished old armenian cemetery but on another side. I've never seen so good photo of this church.

Thanks again,
Alexander

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