The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrik (Divrigi): Established by the wife ofAhmet Shah, the Mengujukid ruler of the city, in 1228-29, the mosque manifests the new development of hypostyle mosques in Anatolia (the reduction of the court), and the fusion of several traditions in the nascent architectural vocabulary. Very complex, and sometimes chaotic, themes and modes of stone carving appear in the portals. This makes the entire structure a curious museum of the various Anatolian decorative styles of the period.

 

The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi, general view.
 
The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi, west portal.
 
The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi, north portal.

 

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