Nikogos Balyan is also Nigogos Balyan ( Armenian Նիկողոս Բալյան , tour. Nigoğos Balyan ; 1826, Istanbul - 1858, Istanbul ) is an Ottoman architect from the famous Armenian dynasty of architects Balyan .
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| Նիկողոս Բալյան Nigoğos balyan | |
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| Study | College of Saint-Barbe, Paris |
| Worked in the cities | Istanbul |
| The most important buildings | Yhlamur Palace Ortakoy Kyuchyuksu |
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Biography
Born in 1826 in Istanbul. The eldest of the four sons of the architect Karapet Balyan [1] and his wife Nazeni Babayan. The brothers Sarkis , Hakob, and Simon were also architects. Nikogos and Sarkis studied together at the Paris Art Lyceum, but due to illness Nikogos were forced to return to Istanbul [2] . Here Nikogos took up his own projects, helped his father and brother, and also opened a school of architects, in which he taught techniques of Western architecture.
Nikogos died in Istanbul at the age of 32 from typhoid fever . The son of Nikogos, Levon , continued the work of his father.
Most Important Buildings
- (1843)
- Yhlamur Palace (1849)
- Mosque of Bezmialem Valide Sultan (together with his father, 1852–1854)
- (1853)
- Ortakoy (1854)
- Kyuchyuksu (1857)
- Armenian hospital
Notes
- ↑ Cultural Heritage of Turkey. Karapet Amira Balian
- ↑ Dynasty Balian . The Armenians of Istanbul. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 3, 2013.
See also
Sinan