EXAMINATION OF HISTORICAL FOUNTAINS IN TERMS OF URBAN-ENVİRONMENT RELATIONSHIP IN ÇANAKKALE

Abstract

The fountains built in the Ottoman period were generally built in the most suitable place for the benefit of most people, mostly in the structures such as small mosque, school, mosque, madrasa, square, bazaar, inn, market, bath, palace. Neighborhood fountains that built in the same period are located in the middle of the neighborhoods in order to serve the whole public. Apart from these, there are also fountains built to meet the water needs of the people passing by outside the settlements and in the close vicinity of the cities. Fountains with artistic value have functions as a source of clean water, drinking water and social structures that serve for use in daily life. In addition, historical fountains are plastic elements of the urban landscape, but they have not been evaluated as a landscape element. Therefore, in this study, the registered fountains located within the borders of Çanakkale Province are as follows: “Ahmet Ağa Fountain, Meydan Fountain and Yalı Fountain in Babakale District, Garip Fountain, Taşköprü Mosque Fountain, Government Square Fountain in Bayramiç District, Cevizli Village Fountain in Cevizli Village, The Center Fountain, the Tellibaba Fountain in Gallipoli, the Pools Fountain in the Pools Region, the Karainbeyli Fountain in the Karainbeyli Village, the Kilitbahir Village Square Fountain and the İbrahim Pasha Fountain in the Kilitbahir Village and the Uzbek Bath and Fountain in the Özbek Village” city-environment (functionality, aesthetics, form, material, color, texture, perceptibility) and the value it adds to the urban landscape has been tried to be revealed.