And even MORE photos of Yalta
I have no idea exactly what this is beyond beautiful. Open first seeing it, I assumed that it was a mosque, but truthfully, who knows. It is now a part of some sanitorium, so we couldn't get a closer view than from the road. Quite beautiful though.
posted by Molly | 3:55 AM
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It cant be a mosque- it has no minarets. Building in the mock-eastern style was all the rage for a time during the 19th century, hence the royal pavilion in Brighton. Orientalism and all that stuff. So this was probably built either as a sanitorium or a resort of some kind, in the latest european architecture fad. Its eastern style may indicate that yalta was looking more towards the west (as in Europe) than towards the east (as in Central Russia). Irony abounds.
-e
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