AP.050 Sungur Bey Mosque

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1966

Image ID

AP.050

Alternate Identifier

B41.050

Subcollection

AP: Central Turkey

Abstract

View of the Sungur Bey Mosque, which features a mix of European and West Asian architectural styles.

Description

The Sungur Bey mosque in Niğde was commissioned by Sungur Aga, governor of the region under the last Ilkhanid ruler of Anatolia in the first half of the fourteenth century. The mosque is known especially for its combination of traditional Seljuk and 'Frankish motifs' such as Gothic rose windows (see AP.051). Explanations have proposed that both outsider Christians and local Muslims worked together in the construction of this building. - SK

Image Notes

Photograph created September 1966. Photograph processed December 1966. Formerly catalogued as B41.050, AP.037. Notes written on the slide or index: Niğde - Sungarbey Camii.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Niğde, Turkey