Divriği Great Mosque

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Reference	358
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1985 (9th Session)

Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Camii ve Darüşşifası) is an ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1228-1229 in the small eastern Anatolian mountain town of Divriği, now in Sivas Province in Turkey.

Architecture

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.

Gallery

Portal of the Darüşşifa
Mosque interior
Detail of stone carving
Hospital interior
Detail of the portal
The portal of the Darüşşifa
Stone carving of a bird
Portal of the mosque
General appearance of the building
Another Portal

External links

Divriği Great Mosque And Hospital
(fact sheet) "Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği". Archnet.
İbrahim Shaikh. (full text and photos) "The Miracle of Divriği". The International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine.
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).

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.

References

↑ UNESCO » Culture » World Heritage Centre, Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
↑ Todays Zaman, Divriği strives to become major tourist attraction, 10.07.2011

v t e UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey

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Black Sea	Hittite Capital of Hattusa Safranbolu

Central Anatolia	Göreme and Rock Sites of Cappadocia Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği

Marmara	Archaeological Site of Troy Historic Areas of Istanbul Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

Mediterranean	Xanthos / Letoon¹

Southeastern Anatolia	Mount Nemrut in Commagene

¹ Shared with other regions

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Coordinates: 39°22′25″N 38°07′25″E / 39.37361°N 38.12361°E / 39.37361; 38.12361

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