GAZİANTEP ZEUGMA MOZAİK MÜZESİ
GAZİANTEP ZEUGMA MOZAİK MÜZESİ
GAZİANTEP ZEUGMA MOZAİK MÜZESİ
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40<br />
önce kurucusunun<br />
adına ithafen ‘silifke’<br />
dendi. daha sonra<br />
romalılar geldi<br />
ve o adı ‘zeugma’<br />
yani ‘köprü’ olarak<br />
değiştirdi. yüzyıllar<br />
boyunca uygarlıkların<br />
yollarının kesiştiği<br />
o köprü, şimdi dünü<br />
bugüne taşıyor. hem<br />
de dünyanın en büyük<br />
mozaik müzesi ve o<br />
müzenin gözbebeği<br />
‘çingene kızı’ ile!<br />
MEDENİYETLER KÖPRÜSÜ<br />
BRIDGE OF CIVILIZATIONS<br />
THE ANCIENT CITY OF <strong>ZEUGMA</strong>, LOCATED ON<br />
THE RIVER EUPHRATES, ORIGINALLY CALLED<br />
“SELEVKAYA EUPHRATES” (SİLİFKE) AFTER THE<br />
NAME OF ITS FOUNDER SELEVKOS NIKADOR<br />
WAS CONQUERED LATER BY THE ROMAN<br />
EMPIRE AND ITS NAME WAS CHANGED INTO<br />
<strong>ZEUGMA</strong> TO MEAN “BRIDGE-PASSAGE.” AT THE<br />
CROSSROADS OF GREAT CIVILIZATIONS FOR<br />
CENTURIES, NOWADAYS <strong>ZEUGMA</strong> IS BRIDGING<br />
THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT BY VIRTUE OF ITS<br />
MUSEUM OF MOSAICS, THE LARGEST IN THE<br />
WORLD OF ITS KIND AND, PARTICULARLY WITH<br />
THE FAMOUS GYPSY GIRL MOSAIC!