Great Kyz Kala
Great Kyz Kala
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TAMAN1951
Liberty Lake, WA8.932 katkı
Eyl 2024 • Çiftler
Great place to walk about and and let you imagination take you back to the days of the Greek occupation.
A visit to the museum first is a great help as is the r use of a guide to place the items you saw in the museum.
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A visit to the museum first is a great help as is the r use of a guide to place the items you saw in the museum.
WOW
Yazıldığı tarih: 27 Eylül 2024
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Brun066
Floransa, İtalya13.777 katkı
May 2024 • Arkadaşlar
Even if the current name by which this construction is known is different, it belongs to the category of köshks.
“Köshks are the most characteristic and distinctive buildings of the oasis. They are uniquely Central Asian, and the best examples survive in the Merv oasis”. This is stated in the book “Monuments of Merv”, 1999, online. This statement requires us to pay maximum attention to Great Kyz Kala.
The surviving köshks are a small fraction of those once existing in Merv. At least twenty have been recognized. Their construction is documented starting from the 6th century AD, up to at least the 13th century; Great Kyz Kala is today commonly attributed to the 8th or 9th century.
The köshks were of variable sizes (this is one of the largest) and they were certainly mansions of noble people. Not only that: they must have been the core of an estate including, around them, an enclosed range of buildings and gardens (a panel placed outside Great Kyz Kala gives an effective idea of their original appearance).
Unfortunately, within the köshk, the vision of the architectural solutions that were enclosed in the powerful circuit of characteristics, corrugated walls, has been lost. From the descriptions of contemporaries, from the research of archaeologists and also from historical photographs (as far as I know, the first date back to 1890), we know that in the case of Great Kyz Kala (but it's certainly not an isolated case) barrel vaults, domes with the related squinches, ramps from the ground floor to the first one and from the first floor to the roof. We know that the windows were small, in order to maintain a favorable microclimate inside in the Karakum summer. And we know that the roof was terraced, to allow sleeping under the stars on summer nights.
Overall, the vision of this köshk, integrated by the awareness of research on what is no longer visible, appears to be an irreplaceable document of the daily life of the upper classes in Merv in the early Middle Ages.
“Köshks are the most characteristic and distinctive buildings of the oasis. They are uniquely Central Asian, and the best examples survive in the Merv oasis”. This is stated in the book “Monuments of Merv”, 1999, online. This statement requires us to pay maximum attention to Great Kyz Kala.
The surviving köshks are a small fraction of those once existing in Merv. At least twenty have been recognized. Their construction is documented starting from the 6th century AD, up to at least the 13th century; Great Kyz Kala is today commonly attributed to the 8th or 9th century.
The köshks were of variable sizes (this is one of the largest) and they were certainly mansions of noble people. Not only that: they must have been the core of an estate including, around them, an enclosed range of buildings and gardens (a panel placed outside Great Kyz Kala gives an effective idea of their original appearance).
Unfortunately, within the köshk, the vision of the architectural solutions that were enclosed in the powerful circuit of characteristics, corrugated walls, has been lost. From the descriptions of contemporaries, from the research of archaeologists and also from historical photographs (as far as I know, the first date back to 1890), we know that in the case of Great Kyz Kala (but it's certainly not an isolated case) barrel vaults, domes with the related squinches, ramps from the ground floor to the first one and from the first floor to the roof. We know that the windows were small, in order to maintain a favorable microclimate inside in the Karakum summer. And we know that the roof was terraced, to allow sleeping under the stars on summer nights.
Overall, the vision of this köshk, integrated by the awareness of research on what is no longer visible, appears to be an irreplaceable document of the daily life of the upper classes in Merv in the early Middle Ages.
Yazıldığı tarih: 28 Mayıs 2024
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Andrew M
7.589 katkı
Tem 2019
Great Kyz Kala is located on the first right turn after the Merv ticket office. You will pass another ancient structure to the left, Bibi Kala, before reaching the site. It is west of The Timurid city, and just outside the Southern section of Sultan Kala. The structure is the largest ancient monumental köshk (castle mansion) in Central Asia. Locals have named it maiden's castle. It was built as a residence with fortress type walls, but no arrow slits in the walls for defence. Archaeologists have theorised that ramparts, would have allowed the occupants to walk around the top of the structure.
The date of construction is unknown, but it is said to be built between the 8th - 9th centuries. Sun dried bricks were used in the construction, so it was definitely before the 11th century when fire baked bricks were in use at Merv. Access was prevented as it is an architectural site where work is taking place. It is a rectangular structure measuring 42m x 36m, and raised on a 2m platform off the ground. The decorated walls rise as high as 10m in some sections. The front walls are solid structures with a small entrance in the middle. The other walls have columnar decorative structures along the length.
The wall to the right was damaged near to the end, with a large opening at the top of the last two columns. The wall to the left had a huge opening in the middle, and again damage to the upper section of the last two columns. The best preserved wall was at the back of the structure with all 16 columns in good condition. Best photos are taken in this section. After viewing this structure, it will be good to compare it to the Shahriyar Ark (Sultans Fort) which was built of fired bricks in 1080. The Sultans fort is located in the north eastern section of Sultan Kala just off the paved road. The Lesser Kyz kala is a five minute walk south of the Great Kyz Kala.
The date of construction is unknown, but it is said to be built between the 8th - 9th centuries. Sun dried bricks were used in the construction, so it was definitely before the 11th century when fire baked bricks were in use at Merv. Access was prevented as it is an architectural site where work is taking place. It is a rectangular structure measuring 42m x 36m, and raised on a 2m platform off the ground. The decorated walls rise as high as 10m in some sections. The front walls are solid structures with a small entrance in the middle. The other walls have columnar decorative structures along the length.
The wall to the right was damaged near to the end, with a large opening at the top of the last two columns. The wall to the left had a huge opening in the middle, and again damage to the upper section of the last two columns. The best preserved wall was at the back of the structure with all 16 columns in good condition. Best photos are taken in this section. After viewing this structure, it will be good to compare it to the Shahriyar Ark (Sultans Fort) which was built of fired bricks in 1080. The Sultans fort is located in the north eastern section of Sultan Kala just off the paved road. The Lesser Kyz kala is a five minute walk south of the Great Kyz Kala.
Yazıldığı tarih: 19 Eylül 2019
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