Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: i, iv |
| Reference | 358 |
| Inscription | 1985 (9th Session) |
Divriği Great Mosque, was built in 1299 situated in the city of Divriği in Sivas Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The architect was Hürremshah of Ahlat and the mosque was built on the order of Ahmet Shah, ruler of the Beylik of Mengücek. The inscriptions contain words of praise to the Anatolian Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I.
The mosque, along with the adjoining Medical Center (Darüşşifa), built simultaneously with the mosque by Turan Melek Sultan, daughter of the Mengücek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah, are included on UNESCO's World Heritage List by virtue of the exquisite carvings and architecture of both building. It is considered as one of the most important works of architecture of Anatolia. The geometrical and floral patterned reliefs found on the main door in particular attract great interest.
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External links
- (fact sheet) "Great Mosque and Hospital of [[Divriği]]". Archnet.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|access date=(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) - İbrahim Shaikh. (full text and photos) "The Miracle of Divriği". The International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|access date=(help); External link in|publisher= - 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).
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Sources
- (Book cover) Oktay Aslanapa (1991). Anadolu'da ilk Türk mimarisi: Başlangıcı ve gelişmesi (Early Turkish architecture in Anatolia: Beginnings and development) ISBN 975-16-0264-5 (in Turkish). AKM Publications, Ankara.
