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İlyas Bey Mosque is a historical
Ilyas Bey Mosque uses many features of Seljuk architecture. This style of architecture influenced the Turkish architectes to use it, which helped bring Persian-inspired art and architecture into Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, changing Turkey forever.
Ilyas Bey Mosque is known as one of the most important cultural sites in the city of Söke, Turkey. The square block of the site is based on the original architectural plan which they had planned for the design of the mosque. The minaret is based on Baroque style of architecture. Persian culture influenced the design and building of the Ilyas Bey Mosque including its Seljuk inspired minaret.
What makes this mosque unique from most mosques is that this one used many architectural styles including Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman. Another interesting aspect of the mosque includes the dome, which was covered with copper when it was built, rather than with gold like many other mosques. Also, its walls were covered with reused marble blocks, to make it more elegant and durable.“ILYAS BEY KLLIYESI.” ILYAS BEY KLLIYESI, http://www.miletilyasbey.com/#.
Milet İlyas Bey Külliyesi
File:Mosque Ilyas Bey interior.JPG, Interior of the Mosque
File:Mosque Ilyas Bey Kalligrafie.JPG, Inscription
File:Mosque Ilyas Bey RB 2.jpg, Column
File:Cemetery near mosque Ilyas Bey RB.jpg, Gravestone
File:Mosque Ilyas Bey RB 4.jpg, Mihrab with Muqarnas
File:Moletus bath and Ilyas Bey Mosque RB.jpg, View of the complex from a distance
File:Mosque Ilyas Bey RB 3.jpg, Inscription
File:View from roof mosque Ilyas Bey RB.jpg, Elevated view of the gatehouse from the main mosque's rooftop
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Islam
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ic religious building at Milet in Didim district of Aydın Province, western Turkey
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. It was built in 1403 by Ilyas Bey (1402–1421), ruler of the Turkish Menteshe emirate.
Architecture
The mosque is part of a complex consisting of amadrasah
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning ...
, a religious educational institute, and a hammam
A hammam (), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model ...
, a bath building.
The prayer hall is covered by a dome in diameter, which is made of brick and covered with tiles, sits on an octagonal base that rests on the four walls. The brick minaret collapsed in the 1955 earthquake.
The complex is situated within the Miletus archaeological site. Next to the complex, ruins of a villa with a bath was discovered that dates back to Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
times.
Ilyas Bey Complex was awarded in 2012 for its conservation with the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.
Ilyas Bey Mosque uses many features of Seljuk architecture. This style of architecture influenced the Turkish architectes to use it, which helped bring Persian-inspired art and architecture into Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, changing Turkey forever.
Ilyas Bey Mosque is known as one of the most important cultural sites in the city of Söke, Turkey. The square block of the site is based on the original architectural plan which they had planned for the design of the mosque. The minaret is based on Baroque style of architecture. Persian culture influenced the design and building of the Ilyas Bey Mosque including its Seljuk inspired minaret.
What makes this mosque unique from most mosques is that this one used many architectural styles including Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman. Another interesting aspect of the mosque includes the dome, which was covered with copper when it was built, rather than with gold like many other mosques. Also, its walls were covered with reused marble blocks, to make it more elegant and durable.“ILYAS BEY KLLIYESI.” ILYAS BEY KLLIYESI, http://www.miletilyasbey.com/#.
External links
Milet İlyas Bey Külliyesi
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Buildings and structures completed in 1403 Mosques completed in the 1400s Mosque buildings with domes in Turkey Miletus Seljuk mosques in Turkey Buildings and structures in Aydın Province Cultural heritage of Turkey Tourist attractions in Aydın Province Menteshe {{Turkey-mosque-stub