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Creation Year
1966
Image ID
AP.051
Alternate Identifier
B41.051
Subcollection
AP: Central Turkey
Abstract
A small window covered by a pointed arch at the Sungur Bey Mosque. - SK.
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. Explanations have proposed that both outsider Christians and local Muslims worked together in the construction of this building. - SK
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed December 1966. Formerly catalogued as B41.051, AP.038. Notes written on the slide or index: Niğde - Sungarbey Camii.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Niğde, Turkey
Keywords
Sungur Bey Mosque, Mosque, Stone, Carving, Seljuk, Frankish, Window
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