ÖzBarla, geçmişten günümüze Isparta ili içerisinde küçük fakat önemli bir mekândır.Eğirdir Gölünün kıyısına yakın, sarp dağların yamaçlarında kurulu olan bu belde güzelliğiyleve kültürel yönüyle de önemlidir. Tarihsel olarak birçok devletlerin elinde Isparta’ylabirlikte el değiştiren Barla, toplum yapısı ve yaşam biçimi, mekânsal özellikleriyledikkate değerdir. Bu çalışmada Barla’nın Isparta çevresiyle birlikte tarihsel olarak geçirmişolduğu değişimlerden ve kısa tarihinden, geçmişteki sosyal ve kültürel yapısından vefarklı mekânsal özelliklerinden bahsedilecektir. Çalışmada Barla’nın önemli değerleri vekültürel simgelerine de yer verilip bu mekân ile olan ilişkileri değerlendirilecektir.AbstractBarla has been a small but an important place from past to present in Isparta province.This town which established on the slopes of the steep mountains near the Eğirdir Lakeis significant in terms of its beauty and also its cultural aspects. Barla passed the hands ofmany states in many times with Isparta historically, and its social structure and lifestylehas remarkable relationship with its spatial characteristic. In this study, the historical stagesof the Barla and the environment of Isparta that is to say its short history, its differentsocial and cultural structure in the past and its different spatial features will be mentioned.Study will also include the Barla’s important values and cultural symbols and their relationshipswith this place will be evaluated.

AbstractBarla has been a small but an important place from past to present in Isparta province.This town which established on the slopes of the steep mountains near the Eğirdir Lakeis significant in terms of its beauty and also its cultural aspects. Barla passed the hands ofmany states in many times with Isparta historically, and its social structure and lifestylehas remarkable relationship with its spatial characteristic. In this study, the historical stagesof the Barla and the environment of Isparta that is to say its short history, its differentsocial and cultural structure in the past and its different spatial features will be mentioned.Study will also include the Barla’s important values and cultural symbols and their relationshipswith this place will be evaluated.