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A meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum ( German pronunciation: [ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊ̯m] ⓘ , German for "sea foam") is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same ...
Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum (Turkish: Lületaşı Müzesi) is a handicraft museum in Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir, Turkey, exhibiting various items handmade of sepiolite (Meerschaum). Sepiolite or Meerschaum is a soft white clay mineral , which is mainly used to handicraft tobacco pipes called Meerschaum pipes .
Carved Turkish meerschaum products traditionally were made in manufacturing centers such as Vienna. Since the 1970s, though, Turkey has banned the exportation of meerschaum nodules, trying to set up a local meerschaum industry. The once famous manufacturers have therefore disappeared and European pipe producers turned to other sources for their ...
One of the sections is transformed into a market of arts in Eskişehir. Traditional Turkish arts handcrafted in the market, including primarily meerschaum craftsmanship, calligraphy, paper marbling, manuscript illumination, carpet weaving rugs and silver made crafts and embroidery, can be observed and art items can be acquired. [2]
Sazova Park, officially Sazova Science, Culture and Art Park (Turkish: Sazova Bilim Kültür ve Sanat Parkı), is a park in Eskişehir, Turkey. It was established by the metropolitan municipality of Eskişehir in 2008.
Beylikova, formerly Beylikahır, is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 715 km 2, [3] and its population is 5,781 (2022). [1] The town lies at an elevation of 764 m (2,507 ft).
İnönü (Turkish:) is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 345 km 2, [3] and its population is 6,173 (2022). [1] Its elevation is 840 m (2,756 ft). İnönü has a strategic location on the Istanbul-Eskişehir railway and Bozüyük-Kütahya highway. It also hosts Ford Otosan's truck production facility. [4]
Urfa Man, in the Şanlıurfa Museum; sandstone, 1.80 meters, c. 9,000 BC. In the ground and upper floor there are four exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall is reserved for Assyrian, Babylonian and Hittite artifacts.