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Ahlat, Turkey

Emir Bayındır Mosque

Ahlat, Turkey

Emir Bayındır Mosque
Photo: Francesco Bini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Emir Bayındır Mosque in Ahlat, Bitlis Province, Turkey, is a 15th-century Ottoman structure commissioned by the Akkoyunlu lord Emir Bayındır ibn Rüstem and completed in 1477 or 1478. Designed by the architect Baba Can Bey, the mosque exemplifies Ottoman architectural principles and features a gonbad (dome) design characteristic of the period.

Movement

Type
mosque, gonbad
Place
Ahlat, Turkey

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Location

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