Kileci Mosque
13th-century mosque in Akşehir, Turkey
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Overview
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Kileci Mosque (Kileci Mescidi) is a small historic place of worship in the Çay neighbourhood of Akşehir, in Turkey's Konya Province. It dates to the 13th century, the period of the Sultanate of Rum. The building stands on a square plan, with a narrow last-congregation porch on the north side whose columns were reused from an older Byzantine structure. The original prayer area had neither a mihrab nor a minbar. In Turkish, the word mescit usually denotes a small mosque. The name is thought to refer to a tombstone in the courtyard, believed to belong to the person who commissioned the building.
History
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The mescit was built in the 13th century under the Sultanate of Rum, though its exact date of construction, its patron and its architect are not known. Its original dome collapsed in a storm and was replaced with a wooden roof. During a restoration in 2007 a modern dome was added.
According to an information panel in front of the building, the original wooden doors are displayed in the Sahib Ata Museum in Konya, and the doors now in place are replicas.
From Wikipedia
Kileci Mosque (Turkish: Kileci Mescidi) is a small historical mosque in Akşehir, Turkey. It is a 13th-century mosque built during the Sultanate of Rum era. But the exact construction date, the commissioner and the architect are not known.
The ground area is square. In the north side is there is a narrow nartex (Turkish: Son cemaat yeri). The columns used in this area are collect material from an older Byzantine building. In the original praying area there was no minbar or mihrab. The original dome was demolished during a storm. It was replaced by a wooden roof. But in 2007 during the restoration a modern dome was added to the mosque.
According to the publicity panel in front of the mescit, the original wooden doors of the mescit are in display in Sahip Ata Museum in Konya. The current doors are replicas of the original doors.
Kileci Mosque is in Akşehir ilçe (district) of Konya Province at 38°21′16″N 31°24′50″E It is in Çay neighborhood of Akşehir.
In Turkish, unlike in Arabic, the word mescit refers only to small mosques The name of the mescit probably refers to a tombstone in the yard of the mescit which is believed to be the commissioner of the mescit.
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Sources
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