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| Essential
Architecture- Turkey The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrik |
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architect |
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Divrik (Divrigi) |
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date |
1228-29 |
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style |
Islamic Ottoman Turkish |
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construction |
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type |
Mosque |
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Established by the wife of Ahmet Shah, the Mengujukid ruler of the city,
in 1228-29, the mosque manifests the new development of hypostyle
mosques in Anatolia (the reduction of the court), and the fusion of
several traditions in the nascent architectural vocabulary. Very
complex, and sometimes chaotic, themes and modes of stone carving appear
in the portals. This makes the entire structure a curious museum of the
various Anatolian decorative styles of the period. |
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