The heart of Urfa is a garden and complex of religious buildings around pools of sacred fish, believed to have been holy to Abraham and called locally Balikli Göl.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
12th November 2012
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Type
Architecture
Tags
Abraham, Architecture, Edessa, Fishponds, Turkey, Urfa
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “The fishponds of Abraham,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/61.