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Description
Property Name: Divrigi Mosque and Hospital, Divriği Ulu Camii and Şifahanesi
Inventory No: 90-346-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-12-24
Country (State party): Turkey
Province: Sivas
Town: Divriği
Geographic coordinates: 39° 22′ 16.55″ N
38° 7′ 18.56″ E
Historic Period: 12th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 1228-9
Style:
Original Use: Mosque, Hospital
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Both the mosque and the hospital are the most ornamented medieval monuments in Anatolia. The portals of the complex are extraordinary with their decoration. Because of its complex structure and elaborated decoration, it has been selected to the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
Well preserved in coordination by UNESCO
References
Aslanapa, Oktay. Turkish Art and Architecture. New York: Praeger. 1971.
Goodwin, Godfrey. A History of Ottoman Architecture , The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1971.
ed. Michell, George. Architecture of the Islamic World; Its History and Social Meaning. Thanes & Hudson, London, 1978.
Sinclair, T. A. Eastern Turkey: an architectural and archaeological survey. London: The Pindar Press. 1989.
Sözen, Metin. The Evolution of Turkish Art and Architecture. Istanbul: Aksit Culture and Tourism Publications. 1987.
Archnet website: archnet.org
Unesco website: whc.unesco.org