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Marmarondan
Marmara Adası’na
MARMARA MERMERİ, MERMERE ADINI VEREN DOĞAL TAŞ. DÜNYADA
DOĞALTAŞIN ANAVATANI OLARAK BİLİNEN VE TARİHİ 3 BİN YILLIK
GEÇMİŞE DAYANAN MERMER, MARMARA DENİZİ’NE VE DOLAYISIYLA
MARMARA ADASI’NA DA ADINI VEREREK BUGÜN İNŞAATTAN
DEKORASYONA, BOYADAN PLASTİK SANAYİNE KADAR BİRÇOK YERDE
KULLANIM ALANI BULUYOR.
FROM MARMARON TO THE
MARMARA ISLAND
MARMARA MARBLE IS A HISTORICAL MARBLE FROM THE MARMARA ISLAND IN THE
SEA OF MARMARA IDENTIFIED WITH THE 3000 YEAR URBAN HISTORY OF ISTANBUL.
DATING BACK TO THE GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD, THIS WHITE MARBLE IS STILL BEING
QUARRIED ON THE ISLAND FOR USE IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE
YAZI-TEXT: NEYLAN BAĞCIOĞLU
MARMARA ADALARI’NDA BULUNAN VE TARİHİ MÖ
300’LÜ YILLARDAKİ İSTANBUL’UN RUM KÖKENİNE
DAYANAN TAŞ OCAKLARI.
THE QUARRIES ON THE MARMARA ISLANDS DATE BACK
TO ISTANBUL’S GREEK ORIGINS FROM 300BC.
12 NATURA • MART-NİSAN / MARCH-APRIL 2011
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