To be Eyewitness to a Building that was Defeated by Time: Amasya Kaleköy Mosque Cover Image

Zamana Yenik Düşen Bir Esere Görgü Tanığı Olmak: Amasya Kaleköy Cami
To be Eyewitness to a Building that was Defeated by Time: Amasya Kaleköy Mosque

Author(s): Fazilet Koçyiğit Tepe
Subject(s): History, Architecture, Islam studies, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Amasya; Kaleköy Mosque; Mosques With Wooden Columns;

Summary/Abstract: Amasya has a long history and hosted to a lot of civilisation during this historical period. Therefore, the city is really like an open-air museum. In this city where buildings belong to almost every period exist, also wooden structures has been attracted attention. It is not known the year of construction of Amasya-Kaleköy Mosque which is included in the group of mosques with wooden columns,because there is not any inscriptions belong to the building. There is not any fieldwork about the metioned building, the building was dated to 18-19. century based on the building’s fresco only in provence inventory. The building that is in the danger of extinction, is doomed. The purpose of this paper is to redate the building and at least to record the building before it goes out of existence.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 153-166
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish