“Virtual Archaeology” in Light of a New Document on the Topkapı Palace’s Waterworks and Earliest Buildings, circa 1509
This article introduces an unpublished document concerning the water distribution network of the Topkapı Palace. Preserved in the Topkapı Palace Museum Archive, the undated document sheds light on not only the palace’s waterworks but also the locations and names of its earliest buildings. Clues sugg...
| Published in: | Muqarnas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Muqarnas
Year: 2014, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 315-350 |
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earliest palace waterworks
earliest palace buildings
renovations after the 1509 earthquake
architect Acem Ali and his son Hamza
Byzantine and Ottoman water sources
Halkalı Channel
Aqueduct of Valens
Byzantine cisterns
hydraulic engineering
prestige of water-jet fountains
water as conspicuous consumption
necessity of archival and archaeological research
palace grounds as an archeological site
acropolis of Byzantion
spolia
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