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Caravanserai


Caravanserai
Photo Information
Copyright: Cynthia Ch (prajan) Silver Note Writer [C: 4 W: 0 N: 51] (349)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-19
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-200AF XR
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-10-11 3:50
Viewed: 629
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Caravanserais exist since the Seljuk Empire of the 11th century offered sanctuary and relief to weary travelers.

It is commonly constructed in the neighborhood, but not within the walls, of a town or village. It is quadrangular in form, with a dead wall outside; this wall has small windows high up, but in the lower parts merely a few narrow air-holes. Inside a cloister-like arcade, surrounded by cellular store-rooms, forms the ground floor, and a somewhat lighter arcade, giving access to little dwelling-rooms, runs round it above. Broad open flights of stone steps connect the storeys. The central court is open to the sky, and generally has in its centre a well with a fountain-basin beside it. A spacious gateway, high and wide enough to admit the passage of a loaded camel, forms the sole entrance, which is furnished with heavy doors, and is further guarded within by massive iron chains, drawn across at night.
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Hey Cynthia!!!

Very good use of the arcs and the lines. The combination of the shadow line and the line beneath it is briliant. Although I think it would be better to make the bright part of the picture a bit less brighter.

Very well done,

Itamar

Very nice colors..and composition.
Serdar

Hello Cynthia,
This is amazing to see the photo of a KERVANSARAY from Konya. The PoV you chose here is perfect. Ladders and the gate in the right for animals and materials is the core of such architectures.
Thanks for the excellent note and sharing...
Regards
Bulent

PS: I attached a WS of an another kervansaray from AKSARAY which is only in a 2 hour drive distance to KONYA..

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