Uc Kumbetler Three Tombs 1081-1102 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Erzurum
Uc Kumbetler
Three Mausolea
12th century
Saltukid-Seljuk

Two unidentified tombs, legend has it that the third is the mausoleum of Emir Saltuk Sultan, which woukld date it to the end of the 12th cent. Some scholars attribute the mix of Seljuk, Armenian, and Georgian styles of the masonry to the fourteenth century. The fusion of these styles makes this mausoleum unlike any other in Anatolia.

Photos and text from Archnet.org

ErzurumThreeMausolea.jpg

Detail of a window in Emir Saltuk's Tomb remindful of contemporary 12th cent Armenian decorations, e.g. in Ani:

ErzurumThreeMausoleaWindow.jpg


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