Friday, November 19, 2010

Isa Bey Mosque

Just a few hundred meters from Garden Camping is the 14th century Isa Bey Mosque, one of the older still-functioning mosques in Turkey, a major tourist destination.
Completed in 1375; 17th century earthquakes brought down a 
minaret and the courtyard columns; restored in 1995 or so





















Interior courtyard















Mosque interior; the floor is covered not by prayer rugs but by regular rugs, 
some very large and probably very old
















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Meanwhile, back in the courtyard...















From the cemetery















Columns
















A beautiful, old, mighty structure



















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