Gedik Ahmet Pasha İmaret Mosque

Historical Mosque / Turkiye, Aegean, Afyonkarahisar


Gedik Ahmet Pasha İmaret Mosque

Afyonkarahisar center is on Kurtuluş Street. The Grand Vizier Gedik Ahmet Pasha had the mosque built by Architect Ayaz Ağa in 1472. Therefore, it is also known as Gedik Ahmet Pasha Mosque. Embroidery by Abdüssamedoğlu Hasan. Müftfzade Ahmet had the mosque restored in 1795. It has an inverted "T" shaped plan with two consecutive domes. The narthex in the north is covered with 6 round columns, 5 pointed arches and 5 octagonal drum domes. Its minaret with a single balcony is decorated with fluted twisted shapes. The grooves are covered with dark blue tiles. The entrance door with muqarnas is made of engraved marble. The repair inscription on it bears the date 1795. There are two rows of windows on the east, west and north walls, and three rows on the qibla wall. Two large domes cover the "T" shaped interior, and three small domes each cover the rooms lined up on both sides. It is a structure of the Gedik Ahmet Pasha Complex.

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