Mansion
Erzene
Known today as the "Green Mansion" (Yesil Kosk), Bardisbanian Mansion is estimated to have been built by D.A. Bardisbanian, an Izmir-based merchant engaged in import and export trade in the last quarter of the 19th century. The mansion, situated directly across from the Bornova train station and at the edge of fertile agricultural lands opening onto the Bornova Plain, represents a distinctive example of Levantine settlement culture...
Known today as the "Green Mansion" (Yesil Kosk), Bardisbanian Mansion is estimated to have been built by D.A. Bardisbanian, an Izmir-based merchant engaged in import and export trade in the last quarter of the 19th century. The mansion, situated directly across from the Bornova train station and at the edge of fertile agricultural lands opening onto the Bornova Plain, represents a distinctive example of Levantine settlement culture...
Known today as the "Green Mansion" (Yeşil Köşk), Bardisbanian Mansion is thought to have been built in the last quarter of the 19th century by D.A. Bardisbanian, an İzmir-based merchant engaged in import and export trade. Standing directly opposite the Bornova railway station at the edge of fertile farmland opening onto the Bornova Plain, the mansion represents a distinctive example of Levantine settlement culture.
Period photographs document that during the Greek occupation of 1919–1922, the open area behind the Green Mansion was used as an assembly ground for Greek artillery units.
Bardisbanian Mansion exhibits architectural characteristics typical of 19th-century Levantine residential design in Bornova:
Note: Of the elements associated with Pandespanian Mansion in draft references, only those belonging to the common typology — stone ground floor–brick upper storey, symmetry and garden setting — have been included; features such as double-arm staircase and portico, not present in Bardisbanian, have been omitted.
The mansion stands opposite the Bornova Station of the İzmir–Kasaba Railway, established in 1865 on the initiative of Levantine families. Its location reflects the close relationship that the Levantine families of the period maintained with networks of agriculture, commerce and transport.
The building, whose conservation and maintenance are managed by Ege University, currently serves as:
It is still popularly known as the "Green Mansion" on account of the colour of its façade.
In an article published by Hürriyet Seyahat on 16 January 2018, the Green Mansion was listed by Selim Onat among "Turkey's ten most magnificent mansions."
