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Nemrut Dagi
Another "of those places"
that I had to go.
Sunset and sunrise pure light
alone before and after the crowds
in order to catch the mood
and breath the history
to warm the soul
and be free and wild.

-.-

Like water, the world traverses you,
and for a while, lends you its colours.
It then draws back,
leaving you once again
to face the emptiness that one carries in oneself,
to face that central insufficiency of the spirit
that one must learn to live with,
to fight, and which,
paradoxically, is possibly our surest driving force.
(Nicolas Bouvier - l'usage du mond)

Come un’acqua, il mondo filtra attraverso di noi,
ci scorre addosso,
e per un certo tempo ci presta i suoi colori.
Poi si ritira,
e ci rimette davanti al vuoto che ognuno porta in sé,
davanti a quella specie d’insufficienza centrale dell’anima
che in ogni modo bisogna imparare a costeggiare,
a combattere e che, paradossalmente,
è il più sicuro dei nostri motori.
(Nicolas Bouvier - la polvere del mondo)

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Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut Dağ or Nemrut Dağı) is a 2,134 m (7,001 ft) high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the vast statues at a 1st century BC tomb on its summit.

The mountain lies 40 km (25 mi) north of Kahta, near Adıyaman. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues (8–9 m/26–30 ft high) of himself, two lions, two eagles and various Greek, Armenian and Persian gods, such as Hercules-Vahagn, Zeus-Aramazd or Oromasdes (associated with the Persian god Ahura Mazda), Tyche, and Apollo-Mithras. These statues were once seated, with names of each god inscribed on them. The heads of the statues are now scattered throughout the site; the pattern of damage to the heads (notably to noses) suggests that they were deliberately damaged because of belief in iconoclasm. The statues have not been restored to their original positions. The site also preserves stone slabs with bas-relief figures that are thought to have formed a large frieze. These slabs display the ancestors of Antiochus, who included both Macedonians and Persians.
from Wikipedia