architecture
İshak Paşa Palace — Monumental Entrance
An immense carved arch shelters a smaller dark doorway at İshak Paşa Palace.
The story behind the place
Near Doğubayazıt, İshak Paşa Palace combines Ottoman architecture with regional building traditions. Its monumental entrance rewards a close look: carved bands, columns and a deep recessed arch turn a doorway into a richly layered stone facade. The palace appears on Türkiye’s UNESCO Tentative List, which is a proposal stage rather than World Heritage inscription.
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Read more from the sources
- Ishak Pasha PalaceUNESCO World Heritage Centre / Türkiye Tentative List submission
