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TALAS KURUKÖPRÜ WATER BELT two because the largest belt of the aqueduct, which consists of one
It was built in the east–west direction on the valley at the entrance pointed and 13 pieces of round arches, is destroyed. The third arch on
of Kuruköprü Town in Talas. Kuruköprü Belt which is constructed of the east side, the foot on which the fourth arch rested, was completely
regularly cut stone, coarse stone and chipped stone Roman Period demolished and underpasses. During the Seljuk period, probably it was
Kayseri 's water from Gürpınar (Salguma) Village passes through water filled with cut stones to fill all the arches with the aim of creating a small
channels cut into the rocks to reach the valley in order to meet the water water body and creating a small dam.
need. It is thought that the gutters above the bridge connecting the On the northern faces where the water belt is sitting, there are
two slopes of the valley reached Mazaka by flowing through the slope clefts where flood waters are open. It is thought that it should not
of the valley, sometimes by carving the rocks, and sometimes flowing have been built by the Byzantines in the VII century compared to the
through the channels made of cut stone. material used, the architectural institution and similar examples in
The belt was built 172 m in length, 16 m in height, into the creek Istanbul and Anatolia.
bed that connects the so–called Gömüderesi valley. It is divided into Today, the side wall of the water channel on the bridge, which is
in ruins, is destroyed.