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Description
Property Name: Maglova Aqueduct
Inventory No: 90-212-90
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-11-19
Country (State party): Turkey
Province: İstanbul
Town: Gaziosmanpaşa
Geographic coordinates: 41° 8′ 9.32″ N
28° 53′ 35.58″ E
Historic Period: 16th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1554-64
Style: Classical Ottoman
Original Use: Aqueduct
Current Use: Aqueduct
Architect: Architect Sinan
Significance
Mağlova Aqueduct is founded in Gaziosmanpaşa town in İstanbul. This structure is a masterpiece of Architect Sinan, which is also known as the unique and the most significant water heritage worldwide. Mağlova Aqueduct is mentioned to be the most beautiful piece of Kırkçeşme Water Supply System that provided water from Belgrad and Kemerburgaz to the city center’s distrubition point, Eğrikapı. Today’s masterpiece is a result of a secondary construction of Arch,tect Sinan, which was in progress after the total ruin of the first Mağlova Aqueduct by the 1563’s inundation.The structure is also known as the Justinian Aqueduct, because Mağlova carries the remnants of Byzantine Age. Kuban mentions about the structure’s uniquness as the following: Maglova aqueduct eschews the vertical, two dimensional wall-like structure of tradition for a three dimensional system which is more stable against horizontal stress. Its elegance and engineering datas are incomparable properties of the aqueduct. This sculpture like structure has unique piers’ meeting the fender piles. Furthermore, the aqueduct is the highest one among Kırkçeşme Water Supply Sysem with 36 m. of height. Alibeyköy Dum Lake’s water has presently covered almost quarter of the structur; however the drought of 2007 that took place in Turkey, occured as a result of very few rain, has caused the structure to be comprehended completely. Mağlova, still continues to carry water and has become a place of interest for fishers and childeren of the environment, especially during the weekends.
Selection Criteria
i. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
Today’s masterpiece, Mağlova Aqueduct, is a result of a secondary construction of Architect Sinan, which was in progress after the total ruin of the first Mağlova Aqueduct by the 1563’s inundation. Hitherdo, the structure has undergone many restorations.
By the establishment of Alibeyköy Dum, it Lake’s water has presently covered almost quarter of the structur; however the drought of 2007 that took place in Turkey, occured as a result of very few rain, has caused the structure to be comprehended completely. Mağlova, still continues to carry water and has become a place of interest for fishers and childeren of the environment, especially during the weekends.
References
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