Cumalıkızık Village is located in 10 kilometers east of Bursa, at the foot of the Mt. Uludağ. Its history goes back to the Ottoman Empire's foundation period. The village is within the border of the Yıldırım county.
Cumalıkızık was founded by a waqf village. The historical textures have been well protected and the civilian countryside architectural structures of the early Ottoman period have been successful at remaining undamaged until today. Because of this characteristic, the Cumalıkızık has been the center of the population that is the most attractive to the people and a frequently visited place.
The villages are placed close together between the foot of Mt.Uludağ and the valleys have been called kızık - In Turkish; The name stands for one of the twenty-four clan of the Oghuz Turksand the people from other villages also called kızık such like Değirmenlikızık, Derekızık, Hamamlıkızık called the village Cumalıkızık, because they had been gathering for ritual of worship on Fridays in this village. In Turkish Friday means cuma.
In the village's square, there is a museum called Cumalıkızık ethnography museum where the historical objects belongs to the village has been exhibited. In the village, raspberry festival is held on Junes. and The famous Cumalıkızık houses has been made out of wood, adobes, rubblestones. Most of them are triplex houses. The windows upstairs are generally latticed and with a bay window. The handles and knockers on the main entry doors are made out of wrought iron. Also there are very narrow streets having cobblestone and without having sidewalk. The mosque, the fountain of 'Zekiye Hatun' next to the mosque and the bath with one dome is an inheritance to the village from the Ottoman Empire. Also there is a ruin of a church built by Byzantines.
In Cumalıkızık, there are totally 270 historical houses in the village. Some of these houses are in process of restoration and maintenance. 180 of them are still being used as dwellings.
In 1969, the remains of a Byzantine church were unearthed in the southeast of the village at the foothills of Mt. Uludağ. Some architectural works are on display in the Archeological Museum of Bursa. There are also a lot of movies that have often been recorded in the village about historical themes.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Water in the streets of Cumalikizik?
Where does the only cable car in NYC go?
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Although Roosevelt Island is located directly under the Queensboro Bridge, it is not directly accessible from the bridge itself. A trolley connected passengers from Queens and Manhattan to a stop in the middle of the bridge, where passengers could take an elevator down to the island. The trolley operated from the bridge's opening until April 7, 1957. Between 1930 and 1955, the only vehicular access to the island was provided by an elevator system in the Elevator Storehouse that transported cars and commuters between the bridge and the island. The elevator was closed to the public after the construction of the Roosevelt Island Bridge between the island and Astoria in 1955. It was finally demolished in 1970.
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