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Architectural Heritage of the Ottoman Balkans: Public Buildings and Urban Spaces book cover

1st Edition

Architectural Heritage of the Ottoman Balkans Public Buildings and Urban Spaces

Edited By Velika Ivkovska, Stela Tasheva, Haris Dervišević Copyright 2025
264 Pages 120 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 120 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 120 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Ottoman Empire's rule in the Balkans began in the late 14th century and continued until the late 19th century, and its impact on the region's history, culture, and society was significant. The systematic study of Ottoman influence in the Balkans, however, has only gained pace from the early 20th century. Architectural Heritage of the Ottoman Balkans: Public Buildings and Urban Spaces... Read more

Introduction

Velika Ivkovska

 

 

SECTION 1

Types and Development

 

1          Fountains in Ottoman Period – Case studies of Bulgaria and Istanbul, Turkey.

            Meltem Vatan and  Desislava Hristova

 

2          Bedestens in Ottoman (Balkan) cities: architecture and functions

            Stela Tasheva and Sasha Lozanova

 

3          Ḫān-s of Eastern Bosnia: a road network in transition, between late medieval and Ottoman contexts?

            Vincent Thérouin

 

4          Muslim and non-muslim educational institution buildings in Mostar during the Ottoman period (1483-1878) and their current situation

            Emel Topçu and Yunus Dilber

 

5          The Ottoman railway network and its buildings in the region of eastern Macedonia and Thrace: history and architecture

            Katerina Ritzouli

 

6          Shaping Ottoman Urban Fabrics: The Tobacco Warehouses of Kavala

            Velika Ivkovska

 

 

SECTION 2

Elements and Case Studies

 

7          Commercial Identity and National Style: The Usul-I Mimari- Osmani at the intersection of architectural style and nation building

            Marko Icev

 

8          Two monuments of Thrace connected to the name of the ottoman general Gazi Evrenos Beg: an architectural and constructional comparative analysis

            Damiani Karageorgiadou and Katerina Ritzouli

 

9          The baths of Ottoman Nicosia. Construction and adaptation of public buildings and their renovation in the 21st century

            Kinga Białek

 

 

Conclusion

Haris Dervišević

Biography

Velika Ivkovska (ICOMOS Macedonia) is an engineer architect and an assistant professor. She completed her PhD at Istanbul Technical University between 2014 and 2018 at the Faculty of Architecture. She is the author and co-author of numerous monographs and scientific papers. Her fields of interests include Ottoman and vernacular architecture as well as the fields of Byzantine and modern architecture.

Stela Tasheva defended her PhD thesis on the semiotics of architectural graphics at the Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2012. She is currently a professor at the University of Forestry in Sofia and is a member of the Bulgarian Chamber and the Bulgarian Union of Architects.

Haris Dervišević is an associate professor of Islamic and Ottoman Art at the University of Sarajevo. He has also lectured at the University of Lisbon and the University of Graz. He is a member of the Historians of the Islamic Art Association and many other academic networks including the International Council of Monuments and Sites.

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