Rasathane­ i Amire Binası İçin 1895 Projeleri

Year 2005, Volume: 6 Issue: 2 - Emre Dölen Armağanı Cilt:6 sayı:2, 125 - 138, 01.06.2005

Afife Batur

Abstract

Following the 1894  earthquake, the Ottoman government decided to 
provide a new housing for the imperial observatory, the Rasathane­i Amire. Sismological instruments were provided and a commission including Aristidis 
Coumbary Efendi (director of the observatory), Emile Lacoine (technical 
advisor), the architect Raimondo D’Aronco, G. Agamennone and an officer
were appointed to undertake the construction. According to the  daily 
newspaper Moniteur Ottoman, the observatory would be built in Üsküdar. It 
seems that eventually the gardens of the Silahhane, the armory at Maçka, was 
considered more appropriate for such a project. This paper will introduce the
architectural projects of 1895 for the  construction of a new observatory in 
Istanbul.

Keywords

Rasathane­i Amire, deprem, sismoloji, Raimondo D’Aronco, G. Agamemnone, Emile Lacoine

Architectural projects for a new observatory (Rasathane­i Amire) in Istanbul

Abstract

Following the 1894  earthquake, the Ottoman government decided to 
provide a new housing for the imperial observatory, the Rasathane­i Amire. Sismological instruments were provided and a commission including Aristidis 
Coumbary Efendi (director of the observatory), Emile Lacoine (technical 
advisor), the architect Raimondo D’Aronco, G. Agamennone and an officer
were appointed to undertake the construction. According to the  daily 
newspaper Moniteur Ottoman, the observatory would be built in Üsküdar. It 
seems that eventually the gardens of the Silahhane, the armory at Maçka, was 
considered more appropriate for such a project. This paper will introduce the
architectural projects of 1895 for the  construction of a new observatory in 
Istanbul.

Keywords

Istanbul meteorological observatory, earthquake, seismology; Raimondo d’Aronco, G.Agamennone, Emile Lacoine

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