An old house located in the Sukapisi district. It was one of the last surviving traditional houses in Kars. In 2009 it was demolished. |
The mixed construction of masonry and horizontal timber beams is clearly visible. |
Looking up at the decaying structure of the roof. |
The timber windows are framed by jambs built using very well finished stone. |
A close-up showing the construction of the cornice of the flat roof. |
Ironmongery on the door resembles that which is also found on the traditional houses of Erzurum. |
An old house in the Dişkale district (the "outer castle" i.e., within the medieval walled city). Photographed during its demolition |
The remains of the same building, six months later. By the summer of 2003 it had been entirely destroyed. |
A downward tapering wooden pillar within the lower floor of this house. It was one of a pair of pillars. The partition wall on the left was a later addition. |
The massive timber lintel of an internal doorway of this house. A little ogee-arched niche is carved into the wood. |
An "eternity" motif, part of the decoration on a wooden ceiling in the upper floor of this house. |
A traditional house in the district located below the castle and upstream from the Taşköprü bridge. Pictured here when still inhabited, it is now empty and derelict. |
A closer view of this house. The Taşköprü bridge and the roof of the dome of the Apostles' church can be seen in the distance. |
One of the windows on the upper floor of this house. Note the use of bricks within the structure. |
Two more traditional houses in the district below the castle. The upper building was later destroyed by fire, the lower one survives in a ruinous condition. |
Another old house located within the area of the medieval walled city - the Dişkale district. It was |
Part of the overhanging upper floor of the previous house. |
An old house, half derelict, with an elaborate wooden veranda. |
This old house is located in the Ortakapi district, a suburb which was outside and to the southwest of the medieval city walls. |
It was used as a headquarters during the 1855 siege of Kars. It now houses a small military museum and is known as the Gazi Ahmet Muhtar Pasha building. |
Three old houses in the Sukapisi district. Photographed in 1993, they have all |