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Tomb in Erzurum


Tomb in Erzurum
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Copyright: JeanLoup Castaigne (jloup) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 90 W: 14 N: 69] (582)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-02
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon D70, 18/70 DX Nikkor, RAW @ ISO 200, 55mm Cokin Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/22, 1/25 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: East Turkey
Date Submitted: 2006-07-09 5:38
Viewed: 508
Points: 5
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Behind the old university in Erzurum (see pictures of the inside and of the twin towers that can bee seen in the background, three tombs or Üç Kümbetler were build by the Seldjukin. The turksih pronounciation of u is like in "you" (the french "ou") but ü is pronounced like the u in "umbrella" (the french "u"). The Seldjukin is a tribe from the turks, originally nomads living in the great Chinese steppes and on the Mongolian highlands. The largest of the 3 tombs is the large tomb of Emir Saltuk, the founder of the Saltuklu State. "Ars er Rum - Land of the Romans" - was the name given to the town by the Arab geographer Ibn Battuta.

From Britanica: "Erzurum achieved real importance as Theodosiopolis, a 5th-century-AD Byzantine fortress that fell to the Arabs in 653. Thereafter it was disputed among the Byzantines, Arabs, and Armenians until taken by the Seljuq Turks in 1071; it prospered in the early 13th century under Seljuq sultans. The Arabs and the Turks called it Arzan ar-Rum, or Arz ar-Rum (“Land of the Romans”), from which its present name is derived. It came under Ottoman control in 1515. The city was occupied by Russian forces in 1829, 1878, and 1916–18. It was in Erzurum, in July 1919, that Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk) presided over the first Turkish nationalist congress, leading to the establishment of the Turkish Republic."

Hope you'll like it.
Jean-Loup

PP= increase brightness & contrast of everything but the sky.

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Hi Jeanloup,

Taken on a very good day when the clouds are swarming in. However, it would have been better had a little brightness and contrast were increased and history of the tomb narrated for us to know about the tomb.
TFS
Hirak

Bonjour Jean-Loup
Une architecture interressante, d'un endroit que je ne connaissais pas, mis en valeur a travcers ces 3 photos. Mission TE réussie.
Cordialement
JP

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  • ilgar Gold Star Critiquer [C: 61 W: 0 N: 0] (556)
  • [2006-07-09 13:54]

selam gozal bir resim dir
merhaba

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