The Russian colony Alexandrowka in Potsdam (Brandenburg) was established by King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1826/28 for the last twelve Russian singers of a choir that had formerly consisted of 62 soldiers.
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Holzhäuser, #Blockhäuser, #Alexandrowka, #Russen, #Preußenkönig, #Potsdam, #Brandenburg

Two houses in an alpine settlement (yayla) just before the 2,470-metre-high pass between Şavşat (Artvin Province) and Ardahan Province (northeastern Turkey)
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Almsiedlungen, #alpine_settlements, #yayla, #Architektur, #architecture, #Blockhäuser, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei

Traditional houses (some with stables underneath) in log construction in the village of Veliköy (old Georgian name: Meria/ Şavşat district, Artvin province, NE Turkey)
(August 1987)
(Fotos scanned from slides: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Blockhäuser, #Blockbau, #log_houses, #Veliköy, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Türkei, #Turkey

A settlement of the summer pastures (yayla) in the mountainous district of Şavşat (Artvin province/ NE Turkey).
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Yayla, #Almen, #summer_pastures, #Şavşat, #Artvin, #Turkey, #Türkei, #Vieh, #cattle, #animals, #Architektur, #architecture, #Blockhäuser