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"the Flame of Love"
Zinciriye Medresse.This old medrese (theological college) was founded in 1385 by Ä°sa Bey.As one of the best preserved buildings in Mardin, it should be top of your things to do tick list. The complex is comprised of a domed mosque, a mausoleum, and two tranquil inner-courtyards.The architectural highlight of the building is the intricately decorated and imposing doorway, which is a beautiful example of Islamic artistry.
Mar Yakup Monastery derives its name from a priest (Marislium). It was later known as "Marevgan Monastery". According to a hearsay, Marbinyamin, one of the heralds of the east had the bones of his oldest disciple buried here. The monastery was also knows as "Marhonesya" for a time.
Greek, Syriac and Arabic inscriptions and architectural decorations belonging to different periods of Roman architecture on the eastern and southern facades of the Mor Yakup Church have been the testimony of living and lost civilizations by documenting the existence of different eras.The survival of the church for 1700 years, as a result of the respect shown by Muslims to Mor Yakup, is an important fact in terms of interreligious dialogue.
Mardin is full of historic landmarks, and the entire city has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are famous mosques, churches, and madrassas (places of study) throughout the city.The city is located on the slope of a hill looking down south to the Mesopotamian plains.
Mardin, a poetic city in Southeastern Turkey, gives her visitors the feeling that time has ceased. The city lived under the rule of the Hurri-Mitani, Hittites, Surs, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, Byzantine and the Seljuk Turks.
The fortress, Kasimiye Medresse, Dayrul-Zeferan Monastery, Zinciriye Medresse, Mor Gabriel Monastery, and Grand Mosque are important historical sites around the city.
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Deyr'ul Zafaran Monastery is a Syriac monastery 9 kilometers to the east of Mardin, built in the 9th century. At present, it is a visit place and a shelter for Syriacs.
Deyrulzafaran was the seat of patriarchate of all Syriac Orthodoxy until 1932. True to its original purpose, the monastery has 365 rooms in total, each symbolizing a day the Earth spends on its full cycle around the Sun.
The monastery of Mor Gabriel is the heart of the region of Turabdin.It draws tens of thousands of visitors with its beauty to come and visit the monastery and see this 1600 year old holy place.
6th century there were over 1000 local and Coptic monks there.The monastery became so famous that it received contributions from Roman Emperors, such as Arcadius, Honorius , Theodosius II and Anastasius .
Monastery of Mor Gabriel is at least 400 years older than any monastery which is built on the famous Mount Athos in Greece and it is regarded as the "second Jerusalem" by the Syriac Church. The monastery was established 80 years before the Monastery of St. Saba in Palestine, and about half a century before the Monastery of St. Katherine in the Sinai region of Egypt.
So Mor Gabriel Monastery, which is one of the oldest and active Christian Monasteries in the world, is one of the very rare monasteries which managed to continue its monastic life style and traditions for 16 centuries. For this reason it is possible to say that Mor Gabriel Monastery is one of the most valuable and unique buildings of historical and cultural heritage of our country; Turkey and the World in general.
Jewellery artists and workers living in the town of Midyat, in the southeastern province of Mardin, have been working with silver and gold for the past 450 years.They work with the best-quality silver and gold jewelry in the world.Filigree is a delicate kind of jewelry metalwork, usually of gold and silver, made with tiny beads or twisted threads, or both in combination, soldered together or to the surface of an object of the same metal and arranged in artistic motifs.
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Telkari is a delicate piece of jewelry that is made of twisted thread in the predictable shades of gold and silver. Mardin-Midyat is the only place in the world where 950-karat silver jewelry is made.It may increase to 970-karat.We produce the high quality silver products.
These necklaces were made 10 thousand years ago.
The World's First Known Jewelry Manufacturing Center
Mardin is famous for its designers and jewelery masters. 700 year-old tradition of Turkish design mastery. At 'izLiz', the selective process for materials that will go into a creation can be long and painstaking -only the best and most striking materials will pass.
izLiz’s master artisans more than dozens of hours to create this excellent designs pieces.
Extremely elegant of diamond,stones and leather are fused together to form shoes and bags. Precious stones or small silver balls are also added. The tradition of 700 years of Turkish designs manufacturing continues with 'izLiz' designs.
Since 15th century, the jewelers of the Anatolia have been recognized worldwide by those who seek a bit of everything in the jewelry they create – culture, ethnic design, and an array of colors and class. since 13th century made by the jewelers which included Mardin's Silver & Goldsmiths.
These jewelery take shape in the hands of Marde's master jewellers who blend traditional methods with innovative techniques and materials.
