ishak pasa palace

I loved the Ishak Pasa Palace & the stories attached to it:
He was sent in Ottoman times to this remote place, to manage
the caravan trade on the silk road. He built huge storerooms
for his take of that trade, & this warm & refined palace.
His son continued, & Constantinople was far away..

I could imagine him personally choosing the site, which is
overlooked by an early Urartian castle/fort, it folds
itself into the crags, almost invisible. Now there is a roof
protecting the palace, it must have been deserted for many
years, graffiti scratched across walls, possibly a source of
building materials, though there's not much else around.
Dogubeyazit in the distance.

Georgia Russell ~ amazing, thought provoking constructions
Watched Brilliant Moon last night,
about the great Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche ~ lovely!