MEDIA CENTER FOR ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Selim Qaqa House

Date

19th century

MMM Documentation Dates
Fall 2013
Site Type
Civic, Commercial, and Domestic Buildings
City
Erbil/Hawler
Province/Region
Erbil/Hawler Governorate
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Highlights

Forecourt & Facade

Interior

Panoramas

This house, located in Erbil/Hawler, dates to the late Ottoman period. It is the only house with arcades made of Mosul alabaster that was not reconstructed in the 1980s; thus, it still retains its original fabric.

The house, raised above a semi-basement, has a u-shaped plan. The main wing consists of two rooms overlooking a portico; each room features niches divided into five smaller niches. The northern room retains parts of a painted metal ceiling, a painted frieze and socle, a tiled floor, and panels in the roof and door; niches similar to those found in the two rooms of the main wing are placed along the walls. Each of the two side wings is oriented north-south and consists of a single room each.

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