Konya Alaeddin Mosque 1219-1238 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
Konya, Anatolia
Alaeddin Mosque, 'Ala al-Din Kayqubad I Camii1150-1220,
Seldjuk
Evidence of an early building program dates from the time of Mesud I. An inscription dates the fine, ebony minbar to 1155; the minbar is the first dated example of Seljuq art in Anatolia. The polychrome ceramic frame of the mihrab and the dome above may date to this period.
Kaykaus I began a major rebuilding program in 1219. He changed the main entrance from the west to the north, opposite the mihrab. He added a monumental fa�§ade on the north side, overlooking the city and facing the Seljuq palace. A marble tomb was begun in the courtyard. Kaykausâ�� building was cut short by his death in the same year, only to be resumed thereafter by his brother and successor Kayqubad I.
With the exception of Izzeddin Keykavus, all of the Seljuk sultans after 1156 are interred in the complex.
North facade. The white stone columns are reused from a Byzantine building.
Interior: the peristile prayer hall.
