Wender·Vista
Mount Nemrut
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTurkey
on a peak in southeastern Anatolia

Mount Nemrut

— — stone heads watching the sun come up.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The summit tomb of a Commagene king, 2,134 metres up in the Anti-Taurus range. Colossal limestone heads — Zeus, Apollo, Heracles, a king who placed himself among them — sit toppled in the gravel where earthquakes left them centuries ago. The road from Kahta climbs through villages that grew up after the mountain was forgotten and then remembered again. Most people come for sunrise, and don't say much.

from the studio
Mount Nemrut
— bring it home

Mount Nemrut, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Mount Nemrut

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Mount Nemrut rises to 2,134 metres in Adıyaman Province, in the Anti-Taurus mountains of southeastern Turkey. The summit holds the tomb-sanctuary of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, who reigned over a small Hellenistic-Persian kingdom from roughly 70 to 36 BC. East and west terraces flank a conical tumulus of crushed rock, with colossal seated figures of Greek and Persian gods placed alongside the king. The site was inscribed by UNESCO in 1987 and is reached by road from Kâhta or Malatya.

— informed by UNESCO, Wikipedia
— the stone

The figures were carved from local limestone in five blocks each: a seated body on a throne and a separately worked head. Earthquakes over two millennia toppled the heads, which now rest on the gravel in front of the bodies, faces turned out toward the valley. Inscriptions identify them as Zeus-Oromasdes, Apollo-Mithras, Heracles-Artagnes, the goddess Commagene, and the king himself. Lions and eagles flank the line. The tumulus itself, about 50 metres tall, has never been excavated; Antiochus's tomb has not been opened.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the dawn

The site is famous for sunrise on the east terrace and sunset on the west. The summit road is generally open from late April or May through October; heavy snow closes the upper switchbacks in winter. Visitors usually drive part of the way and walk the final stretch in the dark, arriving at the heads as the light begins to find them. The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism manages access through Nemrut Dağı National Park, and a small fee applies at the gate.

— where
Turkey · Kâhta, Adıyaman
— within
Nemrut Dağı National Park
— elevation
2,134 m · 7,001 ft
— position
37.9806° N · 38.7411° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
35 km SW
Karakuş Tumulus
Commagene tomb
30 km SW
Cendere Bridge
Roman bridge
28 km S
Arsameia
Commagene capital
45 km S
Kâhta
gateway town
N
Mount Nemrut
Karakuş Tumulus
Cendere Bridge
Arsameia
Kâhta
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Mount Nemrut — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

A 2,134-metre peak in southeastern Turkey topped by the 1st-century BC tomb-sanctuary of Antiochus I of Commagene. Colossal seated statues of Greek and Persian gods line the eastern and western terraces around the king's tumulus.

Earthquakes over two thousand years toppled the heads from their seated bodies. The heads now rest on the gravel in front of the thrones, faces turned out across the valley, where they have stayed since the site was rediscovered in 1881.

The king of Commagene from roughly 70 to 36 BC, a small Hellenistic kingdom between the Roman and Parthian empires. He declared a hybrid Greek and Persian religion and built the Nemrut sanctuary as his own tomb and shrine.

The summit road is generally accessible from late April or May through October. Heavy snow closes the upper switchbacks in winter. Most visitors time the climb for sunrise or sunset, and a small park fee applies at the gate.

Yes. UNESCO inscribed Mount Nemrut on the World Heritage List in 1987 as Nemrut Dağ, recognising the sanctuary as one of the most ambitious constructions of the Hellenistic period and a singular meeting of Greek and Persian religious traditions.

Most visitors come from Kâhta in Adıyaman Province or from Malatya to the north. A paved road climbs to a car park below the summit; the final stretch to the terraces is a walk of roughly 600 metres on gravel paths.

— about the piece in your home

It often is. Mount Nemrut is one of the more singular places in the ancient world, and the tile reads as both a portrait of a real summit and a quiet meditation on what time does to faces. A Medium or Large carries the heads well.

It sits well in warm-neutral rooms, library-style studies, and jewel-tone Maximalist walls where deeper amber and oxblood already live. The stone palette pairs cleanly with walnut, brass, and unbleached linen.

Yes. The piece reads as an artefact rather than a poster, which is the move that warm minimalism and quiet luxury rooms have been making for several years. One Large above a console reads as the room's anchor.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural sits in proportion. Above a console, a Medium or a horizontal three-tile arrangement reads cleanly. A nine-tile Mural is built for a full feature wall.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes are scratch-resistant and stand up to the humidity and temperature shifts of a bathroom or a kitchen backsplash. Reserve Glossy for framed wall pieces in drier rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water are enough for everyday care. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath the finish, so it will not lift with cleaning. Skip abrasive pads and acidic kitchen sprays.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated by Reid Wender and produced by our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license the images and the tiles are hand-finished in-house before they ship.

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