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Wikipedia:
Divriği
 Divriği |
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| Region | Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Province | Sivas Province |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Website | www.divrigi.bel.tr |
| Governor website | www.divrigi.gov.tr |
Divriği is a town and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey.
In 1228-29, while Divriği was under the rule of the Bey of Mengücek Emir Ahmed Shah, he commissioned a mosque (Divriği Great Mosque - Divriği Ulu Camii in Turkish) which stands fully intact. The mosque, along with the adjoining Medical Center (Darüşşifa), built simultaneously with the mosque by Turan Melek Sultan, daughter of the Mengücek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah, are included on UNESCO's World Heritage List by virtue of its exquisite carvings and architecture of both building. It is considered as one of the most important works of architecture of Anatolia. The geometrical and floral patterned reliefs found on the main door in particular attract great interest.
See also
External links
- UNESCO file: Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (English). UNESCO.
- (fact sheet) Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği (English). Archnet.
- İbrahim Shaikh. (full text and photos) The Miracle of Divriği (English). 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 (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.
 Divriği in Sivas Province (in the Central Anatolia region)
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| Urban districts | Sivas |   |
| Rural districts | Akıncılar - Altınyayla - Divriği - Doğanşar - Gemerek - Gölova - Gürün - Hafik - İmranlı - Kangal - Koyulhisar - Şarkışla - Suşehri - Ulaş - Yıldızeli - Zara | |
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| Central Anatolia | ||
| East Anatolia | ||
| Marmara | ||
| Mediterranean | ||
| Southeastern Anatolia | ||
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