Abstract :
Our rural architecture which is shaped within thousands of years and tightly attached to natural environment is on the verge of destruction as a result of developing social-economical and social-cultural circumstances and impositions.It is both a social duty and a cultural essentiality to protect and maintain our rural architecture. The achievement depens mostly on the related studies.“Seren”,which functions as a kind of shelter for bees and known as the natural honeycombs at the local area, is made of stone and wood (juniper wood) and it is a 3-4 meters high oblong structure. The roof is made of wood and its drips are very high in order to prevent the wild animal, especially bears, from reaching the roof. “Kara kovan”, which is put on the roof and which performs the main function of the structure, is made by carving the trunk of juniper tree. The outcrops on the wood, which is used for construction of “seren”, function as a ladder to climb up the roof.The “serens”, most beautiful samples of civil architecture and seen in Teke region (Korkuteli, Kumluca, Finike and Beydağları area) apart from Küçük and Büyüksöğle villages of Elmalı, have been losing their importance day by day.In this notice the geograprical features of serens in Elmalı(Antalya) region have been examined and how to protect and maintain this rural architecture heritage has been discussed.
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Rural architecture , seren , geographical features , natural honeycomb
