Sari Mansion

According to the 1896 inscription on the wall painting in the upper floor main room of the mansion, it is understood that it was built before this date. It is known that the owner of the mansion before the exchange was the Adam family, which is one of the largest families in the village and is said to have other houses in the nearby area. The mansion, which was previously used as a house, has now been restored to be used for commercial purposes. The building, known as “Yellow Mansion” by the villagers due to its facade color, has two floors, a hipped roof and a rectangular plan.

The mansion has two entrance doors on the northwest and northeast facades. The main entrance door is decorated with floral motifs painted in yellow and blue colors. There is a lighting window on the door surrounded by leaf motifs. Immediately to the left of the entrance, there is a covered pool area and opposite, a chapel with walls painted in dark orange. There is an open courtyard to the south of the building, which consists of many rectangular planned rooms. Most of the mansion is made of masonry stone; Some of them were made with rock carving technique. Stone on the walls; Wood and iron materials were used for doors, ceilings and windows.

On the wall of the staircase landing on the upper floor of the two-storey building, which connects to the lower floor, two armed soldier figures are depicted in large sizes and in dialogue with each other. On the same wall, there is a dome, and around the dome there is a strip of writing written in Greek, meaning “We are all immigrants and travelers in this world/We gladly follow the rules of hospitality”. In the room in the southeast corner of this floor, there is a landscape painting with figures. It is understood from the inscription at the bottom right of the picture that it was painted by Meletiades in 1896. The subject of the painting cannot be fully understood because the wall on which it is depicted has become damp and some of it is covered with plaster. However, on the left side of the painting, a piece of rock can be seen in the image of a fairy chimney, of which many examples are found in Cappadocia. There is a Greek inscription on the picture, presumably meaning “there is nothing beyond faith”.