This registered structure, which is one of the
most beautiful examples of traditional Alanya houses, was restored by the Alanya
Municipality by expropriation and is located to the north of the Red Tower at İskele
Street. It was built with another house (today’s Port Authority), adjacent to
it, by Mülazım Mehmet Bey in the 1860s. It is an example of traditional Alanya
houses representing the city of Alanya, which started to develop outside the fortified
area of Alanya Castle in the 1800s.
Two stories with a central hall plan, the
walls downstairs are stone with wooden beams, the upstairs walls are made of wood
lath and the interior walls are plastered with straw haired mortar. Details of
wooden windows, doors and ceilings, which are unique to traditional Alanya
houses, can be seen at the ground floor and upstairs.
Ground floor, which was originally used as depot, barn and service space as being characteristics of Alanya houses, provides service as herbarium. This center, the first characteristics of herbarium established under the Municipality in Turkey, exhibits 322 plant species, including 20 endemic, and 38 butterfly species, which are identified at Alanya Castle and its environment within the scope of “observation of flora and fauna species in Alanya Castle” until today. Upstairs and garden of the registered structure hosts temporary exhibitions for all years.
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