Adana's Old Photographs Part 1

January 5 square

Front of the New Mosque and Kucuksaat ( Small Clock-Tower)
View from the Seyhan in Karsiyaka

In front of Stone Bridge and back at Sabanci's factory..Currently Hilton Hotel..

Abidin Pasha Street

Stone Bridge and Karsiyaka

The Grand Clock - Tower (Adana)

It has been on the street of Ali Munif. It's construction was started by the governer Ziya Pasha in 1881. The Governer Abidin Pasha had it completed in 1882. The tower was built the shaped stones.

Stone Bridge (Adana)

It's over the River Seyhan. It was constructed by the Roman Emperor Hadrianus in the 4th century (385). It was an important bridge between Europa and Asia for centuries. Harun Resit (766-809) joined it to Adana Castle with some addings. At the beginning of the 9th century, Memun, who was Harun Resit's son and the 7th Abbasian caliph had it repaired. It was repaired by 3th Ahmet (1713), Kel Hasan Pasha (1847), Ziya Pasha, the Governor of Adana Province (1789) at different times. The epigraphs of these three repairings are present today. The last repairing was constructed in 1949.
It is 319 metres long and 13 metres high. The 14 out of the 21 bridges are still standing. Two lion relieves can be seen on the big bridge in the middle. It's known that it's the oldest bridge of the world which is still in use.

BOTH THE CRADLE AND THE MEETING POINT OF CIVILIZATIONS

No thorough archeological excavations are yet con-ducted in Adana but records show that
Zalpa Kingdom has gathered the most an-cient "known-by-name" community in Adana. A
seal of Ishputahshu, the King of Kizzuwatna, (a religious kingdom) dated from 1650 BC, is
regarded to be one of the most precious items of Adana Museum.
The reigns of Louvians, Kue (Quve), Hittites, Assurians, Cilicians (Synessis Period), Late
Hittite Principalities (small states each ruled by a prince), Persians, Hellenic Term,
Seleucids, Autonom Adana, Pirates Term, Romans, Byzantines, Palmyrians, Caliphate
(Ha-roun Al-Rashid and successors who settled turks in and around Adana), Byzantines
again, Seljukes, Armenians (given reign by the First Crusaders), Mon-gols, Mamlouks
(Ramazanoglu) and Ottomans. Colonies of Summerians, Accadians (As Sargon mentiones),
Phoenicians and Egyptians as well as Venetians and Genoesians have taken part to influence
the over all mosaic of Adana Culture.