If walls could speak & we could understand their language..
imagine
For instance the man who designed the building where these
tiles have been repaired, was conscripted in
Ottoman times, lived to a great age, & is revered to this day
for his marvellous buildings.
.
The stories of the city walls are myriad,
as they would be: Attila the Hun is said to have turned
instead to Europe, when he saw them.
Then there's the small domestic histories, better than
many paintings, in forgotten corners.
(am noticing how it's easier for me to be
imaginative with the visual mode)
