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City of the Caesars : Kayseri

Title
City of the Caesars : Kayseri / editor: Filiz Özdem ; photographs: Hakan Ezilmez ; translation: Priscilla Mary Işın.
Publication
Beyoğlu, Istanbul : YKY, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Özdem, Filiz
  • Ezilmez, Hakan
  • Işın, Priscilla Mary
Description
344 pages : color illustrations, color map; 29 cm.
Summary
"City of the Caesars Kayseri is devoted to the city of Kayseri, described by Evliyâ Çelebi as the 'city of the caesars'. This account is not confined to the city's excellent climate, which Evliyâ attributes to 'the gentle breezes that blow constantly throughout summer and autumn, since the city lies beneath Mount Erciyes in the centre of Anatolia, open to the north and west but closed to the pernicious southwesterly winds', and to the marvellous cured beef and garlic sausage 'sent as gifts to rulers', but seeks to embrace its entire legacy and culture in a broad sweep extending from antiquity to the Seljuks, Ottomans and the present day, including its monumental and vernacular architecture, Mount Erciyes, stuffed dumplings and music. In City of the Caesars Kayseri the reader is taken on a step by step journey tracing the past of the city and province, from Erkilet to Tavlusun, Germir, Talas, Soğanlı and Gesi, recording all its memorable aspects not just in writing but in lavish illustrations"--
Series Statement
City monographies ; 23
Uniform Title
City monographies ; 23.
Alternative Title
Kayseri
Subjects
Note
  • "4001"--Title page verso.
  • Color map in back pocket.
  • "This is the latest in the series of city monographs published by Yapı Kredi Publications...."--Back cover of book jacket.
Contents
Dream of Erciyes : Kayseri / Filiz Özdem -- An ancient Anatolian international trading centre : Kültepe/Kanesh / Fikri Kulakoğlu -- Roman and Byzantine architecture in Kayseri / Nilay Çorağan Karakaya -- Kayseri in the Seljuk period / Mehmet Çayırdağ -- Kayseri during the Ottoman period / Şeyda Güngör Açıkgöz -- Daily life and vernacular architecture in Kayseri : traditional urban and country houses / Vacit Imamoğlu.
ISBN
  • 9789750826573
  • 9750826574
OCLC
  • ocn871192874
  • 871192874
  • SCSB-5770576
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries