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Driving tour of Anatolia

PIpiero64 ·65 photographs ·1 Jan 2008 – 1 Jan 2008 ·1 days
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1 Jan 2008 – 1 Jan 2008
1 days · trip of 2008
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Piero Cogoni · @piero64 · Cagliari
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The journey's photographs

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Ancient theatre of Ephesus, marble tiers under clouds and green hillsMarble columns of Trajan's Temple at Pergamon, tourists among the ruinsMarble facade of the Library of Celsus at Ephesus, columns and statues under blue skyRock chimney carved with doors and windows, Cappadocia under grey skyCorinthian columns of the Trajan Temple in Pergamon, white marble under blue skyHeadless marble statue of an armored Roman emperor against stone wallsFairy chimney in Cappadocia, mushroom-shaped tuff rock under grey skyMarble columns and ancient ruins line the street of EphesusTourists walk along the marble-paved street among the ruins of EphesusAncient marble latrines along a stone wall, EphesusReconstructed walls of Hattusa above excavated ruins, green hills and grey skyHagia Sophia in Istanbul, dome and minarets with Turkish flags and treesCappadocia fairy chimney with wooden door and Jandarma signInside Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Islamic medallions and golden mosaicsYellow stone mosque with two minarets and dome under cloudy skyBrick and timber-framed facade with barred windows lit at nightAlanya castle walls lit up at night above the cobbled streetStone fortress gate lit up at night, people passing under the archwayAncient stone city gate lit at night, Hadrian's Gate, SideInside Istanbul's Blue Mosque, hanging lamps and vast red carpetCourtyard of Ishak Pasha Palace, golden stone arches and carved columnsIshak Pasha Palace in Doğubayazıt: brick dome and mausoleum among stone courtyardsStone walls of Kastamonu castle illuminated at nightCovered bazaar with stone arches and colorful tarps over market stallsAncient crenellated stone walls bathed in golden light, stairways and busy streetStone castle ruins on rocky hill, Anamur, TurkeyOld Ottoman timber and stone house in Cumalıkızık, pink flowers in frontMosque minarets and domes silhouetted over the hazy city, BursaYellow mosque with metal dome and two white minarets, evening lightAnkara Citadel walls lit at night, ancient stone ramparts glowing goldenInside Bursa's Great Mosque: pale vaults, calligraphy panels, red carpets, light through arched windowsTurkish flag over illuminated ancient walls at night, minaret on the leftCappadocia: dwelling carved into tuff rock under a cloudy skyTourist in swimsuit on white Pamukkale travertine terraces, bright sunlightWhite travertine terraces of Pamukkale with thermal water poolsStone lion statue on the Nemrut Dagi mound amid arid mountainsHouses carved in tuff among Göreme fairy chimneys, Cappadocia, golden lightVisitors walk on the white travertine terraces of PamukkaleWhite travertine terraces with turquoise pools at Pamukkale, bright sunlightColossal stone head wearing a tiara at Mount NemrutAncient stone gate at Hierapolis, tourists walk through the arch in sunlightSumela Monastery clinging to the rocky cliff, surrounded by green forestsJuly 15 Martyrs Bridge in Istanbul, red-lit pylon at nightSumela Monastery carved into the cliff, stone buildings and red-tiled roofsGaziantep Citadel, stone walls on grassy hill under clear blue skyGalata Tower in Istanbul lit at night, golden stone among treesCopper teapots displayed outside a shop on cobblestone street, SafranboluAncient mosaic of a bearded giant's face, Zeugma Museum, GaziantepBronze statue of Alexander holding a spear at Antalya museumOttoman timber-framed houses on a narrow street in SafranboluWooden houses on stone stilts, tile roofs, in CumalıkızıkSumela Monastery: stone buildings clinging to the cliff, red-tiled roofsSumela Monastery built into the cliff face, TrabzonRoad with trucks toward snow-capped Mount Ararat under pale morning lightAncient stone walls with central arch at Miletus, morning lightIshak Pasha Palace at Doğubayazıt, stone domes and minaret in morning mistIshak Pasha Palace with mosque and minaret on rocky hill, purple dawn lightCrenellated walls of Ayasuluk Castle under blue sky, dirt road leading uphillCrenellated stone walls of Ayasuluk fortress above the trees, morning lightA stork flying past the stone ramparts of Selçuk castleStork on large stick nest atop pole, tiled roofs and mountainsRock-cut fairy chimneys in Göreme, Cappadocia, tourists at the baseFairy chimney rock formation in Göreme, Cappadocia, under a cloudy skyBalıklıgöl in Urfa: stone mosque with domes and arcade lit at night beside the waterIshak Pasha Palace near Doğubayazıt, golden stone, dome and minaret among arid hills

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