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Vahé Achikian
This photo of Zeytoun is taken in Decembre 1906 by Hugo Grothe – published in his book in 1909, Leipzig:” Geographische Charakterbilder von der Türkei und Vorderasien.” The high-perched fortress-mansion featured as the central piece of the photo was called Zeytun Qalesi or “Ihtiyor Surenoglu Konaghi = Sourenian Ishkhanatz Aparanke”, erected in 1815 and destroyed…
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Vahe Achikian
Zeytun Ermeni Qalesi is what was referred to this fortified mansion atop the craggy hillock overlooking Zeytun town. It was built by an Armenian priest-architect by the name of Der Emmanuel in 1815, and was the residence of the Sourenian clan of Nazareth Agha Surenyan 1870’s through 1904. The Surenoglu Qale collapsed during a Cilician…
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Zeytun : winter of 1906-1907
Zeytun in Decembre 1906. In the centre on top of the craggy hill is the old Zeytun Armenian fortress-mansion, known as the Surenian Qalé. It was built by an Armenian priest of Zeytun by the name of Der Emmanuel in 1815. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection