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Description
Property Name: Esrefoglu Mosque
Inventory No: 90-332-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2007-12-31
Country (State party): Turkey
Province: Konya
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 37° 40′ 55.49″ N
31° 43′ 11.58″ E
Historic Period: Seljuk
Year of Construction: 1297
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
It is the foremost wooden mosque within ashlar walls in Anatolia with its roof supported by fourty-eight wooden columns. Its interior decoration is rich in tiles and glazed brick.
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
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References
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.