Afyonkarahisar Ulu Mosque
Ulu Mosque, which is one of the largest mosques of Afyonkarahisar, was built during the Anatolian Seljuk Period, between 1272 and 1277, by Owner Nusretiddün Hasan. While the masonry was built on thick four-cornered walls in the neighborhood that is named after him, the roof, now covered with a copper-clad roof, is placed on forty wooden columns of eight in five rows. Wooden column capitals placed on wooden columns have stalactites and lozenges. Although the lateral surfaces of the wooden wastes placed on the headboards were decorated with colorful motifs, very few traces remain today. It has three gates facing east, west and north. On the inscription on the Seljuk style carved two-winged minbar covers, there are suras and an inscription indicating the first construction date. Its architect is Emir Hacı Bey. The first major repair of the mosque was made by Muzafferüdünoğlu Minüdün Emir Abdullah Bey in 1341 and an inscription was placed on the door on the east facade. The mosque, which has been restored by preserving its old form in our time, is one of the unique examples of the Seljuk Period with its wooden architecture and glazed baklava slice brick architecture.
