Rock Cut Architecture

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture, Travel & Places on September 27, 2008 at 8:50 pm



To make a building last for a long, long time, you just cut it out of existing rock! Take a look at eight such structures, carved over many years from mountains and cliff sides. Pictured are the Lycian Tombs in Turkey. Link -Thanks, Lauren Axelrod!




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7 comments to "Rock Cut Architecture"

  1. Jenny
    September 27th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    i was at petra this summer!
    wow, such a beautiful place, well worth anyone’s visit, it’s truly astonishing

  2. rintrah
    September 28th, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Those are beautiful. It would be neat to live in a home built that way.

  3. Petey-poo
    September 28th, 2008 at 3:07 am

    Those look like the tombs in Dalyan, a charming little seaside town.

  4. WhyLoo
    September 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    ? saw this..

  5. Ali S.
    September 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    Reminds me of Petra.

  6. JohnnyRocket
    September 28th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    These beautiful tombs will someday turn to dust, just like you, your descendants, all life. One day the sun will burn the earth to a crisp and it will be as if no human being ever existed. Just think, nobody to remember the thousands of fairytale gods we’ve made up. No more religion! Freedom!

  7. Russell Warrington
    September 29th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    I’VE BEEN THERE!!!


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