Beit Achiqbash
| Beit Achiqbash | |
|---|---|
 Achikbache House and Courtyard in Aleppo, 2001 | |
| Location | Al-Jdayde, Aleppo, Syria |
| Coordinates | 36°12′21.79″N 37°09′23.69″E / 36.2060528°N 37.1565806°E |
| Built | 1757 |
| Architectural style(s) | Ottoman |
| Governing body | Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums |
  Location of Beit Achiqbash in Aleppo | |
Beit Achiqbash (AR: بيت أجقباش في الجديدة; Achikbache House, Maison Ajikbash) is an old Aleppine courtyard mansion built in the mid 18th Century by Qarah Ali (Karaly), a wealthy Christian merchant.[1][2]
Background
Beit Achiqbash is one of a number of historic buildings found in the Al-Jdayde Christian quarter of Aleppo.[3][4] It was built in 1757 CE. A Turk named Ashiqbash later bought the house after the Karaly (Qara Ali) moved to Alexandretta.[2][4]
The house is famous for its courtyard, which is extravagantly decorated in a Mamluk-Rococo style. The building was turned into a museum in 1973 and restored in the 1980s. It is well known for the fine carved ornaments that decorate its courtyard.[5] Its style is said to have been greatly influenced by Baroque decorative traditions.[6] The rooms on its eastern side were eliminated to make way for the street that now runs in front of the property.[7]
It remains the home of the Popular Traditions Museum with its collection of fine decorations of Aleppine art along with artefacts of past local lives.[8][9] The building, like much of Aleppo's old city,[10] suffered "severe" damage and looting caused by street fighting during Syria's civil war.[7][11][12]
A survey of Beit Achiqbash was completed in November 2017 by the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums and UNESCO to facilitate emergency consolidation of its structure.[13][14][15] Consolidation work was undertaken during 2019.
Further reading
- Salle, Eusèbe de, (fr:Eusèbe de Salle) (1840) Pérégrinations en Orient, ou Voyage pittoresque, historique et politique en Égypte, Nubie, Syrie, Turquie, Grèce pendant les années 1837-38-39. T. 2 , Pagnerre (Paris) p. 194-200. (in French)
Gallery
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Interior of Beit Ajikbash (2001) -
Interior of Beit Ajikbash (2001) -
Interior of Beit Ajikbash (2001) -
Beit Ajikbash Museum of Aleppo (2010) -
Beit Ajikbash Courtyard (2010) -
Beit Ajikbash Iwan (2010) -
File:Beit Ajikbash survey (2016)
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Beit Ajikbash photograph taken during damage survey (2017) -
Beit Ajikbash photograph taken during consolidation work (2019)
See also
- Ancient City of Aleppo
- Jdeideh (Aleppo)
- Archnet MIT Documentation Center Document Building Style: Ottoman
- Aga Khan Documentation Center Bayt Ajikbash Archive
- Beit Ghazaleh
- UNESCO UNITAR 2018 report on Aleppo old city destruction
References
- ^ Aga Khan Documentation Center available on http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4806 Accessed 2017-01-01.
- ^ a b UNESCO (17 August 2016). "ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives (CHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria and Iraq" (PDF). en.unesco.org. p. 21.
- ^ Darke, Diana (2010-01-01). Syria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623146
- ^ a b Salle, Eusèbe de (1796-1873) Auteur du texte (1840). Pérégrinations en Orient, ou Voyage pittoresque, historique et politique en Égypte, Nubie, Syrie, Turquie, Grèce pendant les années 1837-38-39. T. 2 / par Eusèbe de Salle,... (in French). Paris. pp. 195–200.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ MIT Libraries special collections (1983) Aga Khan Visual Archive: Achik Bash House photographs available on http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/75636
- ^ "Aleppo : a history / Ross Burns. - Princeton University Library Catalog". pulsearch.princeton.edu. p. 250. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ a b UNESCO [49267]. "Five years of conflict: the state of cultural heritage in the Ancient City of Aleppo; A comprehensive multi-temporal satellite imagery-based damage analysis for the Ancient City of Aleppo". unesdoc.unesco.org. pp. 96–99. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.pp.52-54
- ^ "Bayt Ajikbash | Archnet". archnet.org. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ Richard Spencer, Hannah Lucinda-Smith (December 22, 2016). "Struggle begins to restore glory of Aleppo". www.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
- ^ Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Aleppo(2016) "Photos of Damage of Traditional Art Museum, Dar Ghazaleh, and Jdaideh in old Aleppo", Available on http://www.dgam.gov.sy/index.php?d=314&id=2159 Published on 2016-12-22, Accessed 2017-01-01
- ^ "Aleppo's famed Old City left 'unrecognisable' by war". Al-Monitor. Available from http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2016/12/syria-conflict-aleppo-heritage.html 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
- ^ Art Graphique & Patrimoine (2017-11-28), Relevé et nuage de points de Beit Ghazaleh, Alep - Syrie, retrieved 2018-02-12
- ^ "Beit Ghazaleh, Alep - Syria". AGP. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ Art Graphique & Patrimoine (27 Apr 2018). "Beit Achiqbash - Alep, Syrie - relevé 3D et nuage de points (mission UNESCO)". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
