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Van

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Old Van 1890's

Old Van 1890's

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Van Akdamar Armenian Church / 1900s

Van Akdamar Armenian Church / 1900s

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St James of Koghtn on Varak mountain (Source: P. Müller-Simonis, Du Caucase au Golfe Persique, à travers l’Arménie, le Kurdistan et la Mésopotamie, Washington D.C., 1892)

St James of Koghtn on Varak mountain (Source: P. Müller-Simonis, Du Caucase au Golfe Persique, à travers l’Arménie, le Kurdistan et la Mésopotamie, Washington D.C., 1892)

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Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Henry Binder, Au Kurdistan, en Mésopotamie et en Perse, Paris, 1887)

Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Henry Binder, Au Kurdistan, en Mésopotamie et en Perse, Paris, 1887)

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Van: a scene from the town (Source: C.F. Lehmann-Haupt, Armenien Einst und Jetzt, Berlin/Leipzig, 1926)

Van: a scene from the town (Source: C.F. Lehmann-Haupt, Armenien Einst und Jetzt, Berlin/Leipzig, 1926)

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A scene from the town of Van (Source: C.F. Lehmann-Haupt, Armenien Einst und Jetzt, Berlin/Leipzig, 1926)

A scene from the town of Van (Source: C.F. Lehmann-Haupt, Armenien Einst und Jetzt, Berlin/Leipzig, 1926)

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Van: the castle (Van Castle) and the fortified centre of the town (Source: H.F.B. Lynch, Armenia. Travels and Studies, Vol. II, London, 1901)

Van: the castle (Van Castle) and the fortified centre of the town (Source: H.F.B. Lynch, Armenia. Travels and Studies, Vol. II, London, 1901)

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Van: a general view of the town (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

Van: a general view of the town (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

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Van (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch Kurdische Berge und kolenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

Van (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch Kurdische Berge und kolenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

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Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

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Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

Van castle (Van Castle) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch ripdische Berge und peenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

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The town of Van: conscription during the First World War (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch Kurdische Berge und kolenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

The town of Van: conscription during the First World War (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch Kurdische Berge und kolenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

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The monastery of Varak (Yedikilise), 1895 (Source: Delores Oro-Bedrosian collection)

The monastery of Varak (Yedikilise), 1895 (Source: Delores Oro-Bedrosian collection)

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The castle of Khoshab/Hoşab (Source: Christmas Buxton, Harold Buxton, Travel and politics in Armenia, London, 1914)

The castle of Khoshab/Hoşab (Source: Christmas Buxton, Harold Buxton, Travel and politics in Armenia, London, 1914)

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