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12-Sep-2012 Dick Osseman

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The Türbe (mausoleum) of Hüsrev Paşa Mosque. It stands next to his mosque, which was built in 1567 (probably by the great Mimar Sinan). The design of the türbe is fully late-Seljuk, and repeats a widely spread type of grave monument of the 13th, 14th and 15th century, with a hexagonal floor plan and a pyramidal roof. The mausoleum is almost certainly not the work of Mimar Sinan; it is thought to date from 1587, the year that Hüsrev Paşa died during a military campaign in western Iran.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Website of ‘filozof.net’ .

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