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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği * UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country Turkey Type Cultural Criteria i, iv Reference 358 Region ** Europe and North America Inscription history Inscription 1985 (9th Session) * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCODivriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifa) is an ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299 in the small eastern Anatolian mountain town of Divriği, now in Sivas Province in Turkey. The architect was Hürremshah of Ahlat and the mosque was built on the order of Ahmet Shah, ruler of the Mengujekids.[1][2] The inscriptions contain words of praise to the Anatolian Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I. The adjoining medical center (darüşşifa) was built simultaneously with the mosque on the order of Turan Melek Sultan, daughter of the Mengujek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah.
The exquisite carvings and architecture of both buildings put them among the most important works of architecture in Anatolia and led to their inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1985. Of particular note are the geometrical and floral reliefs on the main door.
The portal of the Darüşşifa
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See also
- Mengujekids
- Anatolian beyliks
- Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate
External links
- Divriği Great Mosque And Hospital
- (fact sheet) "Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği". Archnet. http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7802 (fact sheet).
- İbrahim Shaikh. (full text and photos) "The Miracle of Divriği". The International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine. http://www.ishim.net/ishimj/jishim4_7_8/vol4No8/shaikh.doc (full text and photos).
- Mustafa Güler, İlknur Aktuğ Kolay. (full text) "12. yüzyıl Anadolu Türk Camileri (12th century Turkish mosques in Anatolia" (in Turkish). Istanbul Technical University Magazine (İtüdergi). http://www.itudergi.itu.edu.tr/tammetin/itu-a_2006_5_2_M_Guler.pdf (full text).
Sources
- (Book cover) Oktay Aslanapa (1991) (in Turkish). Anadolu'da ilk Türk mimarisi: Başlangıcı ve gelişmesi (Early Turkish architecture in Anatolia: Beginnings and development) ISBN 975-16-0264-5. AKM Publications, Ankara.
References
- ^ UNESCO » Culture » World Heritage Centre, Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
- ^ Todays Zaman, Divriği strives to become major tourist attraction, 10.07.2011
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Black Sea Hittite Capital of Hattusa · Safranbolu
Central Anatolia Göreme and Rock Sites of Cappadocia · Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
Marmara Archaeological Site of Troy · Historic Areas of Istanbul · Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
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Southeastern Anatolia Mount Nemrut in Commagene
1 Shared with other region/sCoordinates: 39°22′25″N 38°07′25″E / 39.37361°N 38.12361°E
Categories:- World Heritage Sites in Turkey
- Sivas
- Mosques in Turkey
- Buildings and structures in Sivas
- Anatolia Beyliks architecture
- Architecture in Turkey
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