Faith / Mosque
Sivas Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque)
Merkez, Sivas
One of the city's oldest mosques, built in 1196–1197, with its wide eleven-aisled prayer hall and slightly leaning brick minaret.
Its story
The Sivas Ulu Mosque was commissioned in 1196–1197 by Kızılarslan bin İbrahim, during the period when Kutbeddin Melikşah, son of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kılıç Arslan II, ruled Sivas. The rectangular prayer hall of about 55 x 38 meters is divided into eleven aisles perpendicular to the mihrab and covered with a flat roof. Tile decoration can still be seen on the base of the brick minaret added in 1213; the minaret's slight lean catches visitors' attention. The building has been dated by construction and repair inscriptions found during the 1955 repair. It is a few minutes' walk from the city's Seljuk madrasas.
Key facts
- Plan
- 11 aisles perpendicular to the mihrab
- Built
- 1196–1197
- Minaret
- 1213
- Admission
- Free
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
39.74716, 37.01762
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivas_Ulu_Camii | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Sivas | https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/sivas | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6051015