Read Stone and Brick in İznik Architecture
Wall weave guide to distinguish the eras of Iznik structures on the field through giant marble and repair traces.
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You can read the age of a structure alone in İznik, but also from the change of material on the wall. Cutting stone, brick generation, mortar and reusable marble parts make the city’s long repair history visible.
This reading is a method of observation instead of exact date. The presence of different weaves in the same structure can be associated with earthquake, function change or late period repair.
Stone-telling rhythm
See the layout of brick generations entering between stone rows in Byzantine and early Ottoman structures; the places where the rhythm is broken often another intervention.
Cutting parts
The pillar, lento and font parts seen in Surs and structures can be moved from previous structures. Not only decorate the part, evaluate the city as material memory.
Short observation route
Hagia Sophia, Hacı Özbek Mosque and its sur line offer a clear start to compare the wall techniques of different periods to visit the same day.
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