Turkey, Cappadocia
I propose a journey into imagination , in memory of the work of Ieronymus Bosch

Aspendos 1
The Roman aqueduct brought water to the Greek city

Aspendos 2
That the Turks called Belkis, named after the queen of Sabba

Aspendos 3
This theater was erected by the Romans

Aspendos 4
And restored by Atatürk: shure we are in Turkey, where cultures have been mixed since the dawn of time.

Konya 1
Thus, in Konya, the ancient Iconium of St. Paul, let us discover the mausoleum of another great saint, Jallal Ed-Din Rumi,

Konya 2
That everybody call, in Turkish, Mevlana: ‟our guide‟.

Konya 3
It is the founder of the whirling dervishes, of which here are some tombs.

Konya 4
Mevlana was the disciple of the great Sufi Shems ed-Din Tebrizi. But Atatürk was the first Muslim potentate to eradicate Sufism.

Sultanhani 1
A door of the largest caravanserai of Turkey, that of the body ...

Sultanhani 2
Then, smaller, that of the soul

Sultanhani 3
And, immense and double, that of the Spirit.

Göreme 1
And here we are in Cappadocia, in the imaginary traces of Jerome Bosch

Göreme 2
Is it the Garden of Delights, which we discover?

Göreme 3
Or another triptych, that of the hermits, for example?

Göreme 4
Many of them lived here

Göreme 5
In these chapels dug in the rock,

Göreme 6
Real troglodyte village

Göreme 7
How not to think that Hieronymus van Aaken

Göreme 8
From Aaken, the town of Carolus the Great

Göreme 9
Did not know of it,

Göreme 10
In one way or another ?

Göreme 11
Could he have come here?

Göreme 12
Would any of his friends have stayed there?

Göreme 13
In any case, these landscapes inspired him.

Çavushin 1
Let's cross this village

Çavushin 3
It takes us to the valley of Uchisar

Çavushin 4
Its underground cavities

Çavushin 5
Match the pink stone.

Uçhisar 1
It is found in these nipples

Uçhisar 2
From where it was drawn, like milk,

Uçhisar 3
To feed the village and its inhabitants.

Uçhisar 4
From this rock you can admire

Uçhisar 5
The whole valley, dominated by Mount Erciyes.

Uçhisar 6
Farther still, to the east, hides Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark fails.

Devrent 1
For here we are transported, with Jerome Bosch, before the deluge

Devrent 2
In this imagination valley

Devrent 3
Populated by fairy chimneys

Devrent 4
Of goblins and elves

Devrent 5
Once changed in stone

Devrent 6
Like the woman of Lot in statue of salt.

Devrent 8
To see the ruins of Sodom.

Devrent 9
Are we transported

Devrent 10
By the wand of a fairy

Devrent 11
In Dante's Inferno

Devrent 12
Or are we still

Devrent 13
In a painting by Jérôme Bosch, by Albrecht Dürer,

Pashabagi 1
Or of Peter Brueghel the Elder?

Pashabagi 2
In any case, these places were

Pashabagi 3
Sources of inspiration for many artists,

Pashabagi 4
Like Antoni Gaudi, for the Pedrera.

Pashabagi 5
Pashabagi means ‟the vine of the Lord‟, in Turkish

Pashabagi 6
This reminds us of several parables ...

Pashabagi 7
These crowned maidens seem to run, dressed

Pashabagi 8
Like to get to a wedding.

Ibrahimpasha 1
From the valley of Zeminderesi,

Ibrahimpasha 2
Here we are at the village of Ibrahimpasha

Ibrahimpasha 3
The name of a great vizier of Soliman, of Orthodox origin.

Ibrahimpasha 4
The stones are extracted there, too,

Ibrahimpasha 5
From the surrounding hills,

Ibrahimpasha 6
Even the minaret.

Pergé 1
After Cappadocia, the ruins of Pergé

Pergé 2
Reminds us how civilizations

Pergé 3
Even grandiose, remain mortal!

Antalya 1
At the souk, everything is sold, everything is exposed

Antalya 2
And this seal of Solomon made of beans shows us that this symbol is universal.

Antalya 3
In the old town of Kaleiçi

Antalya 4
The door of the dream closes ...