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08-Sep-2014 Dick Osseman

Zelve Mosque 1920.jpg

In the third valley.

Mosque and village square. The only mosque is partly hewn out of the rock and partly built using cut stones. Its mihrab is carved into the bedrock. Its minaret is in baldaquin style with four columns and a pointed top. This type of minaret is often seen in mosques from the Early Ottoman Period.

In front of the mosque is the square, used by the villagers until 1952. Houses, either cut into the rock or built using cut stones are located around it. Above those are pigeon houses. The large sloping area was used for festivities till the area was evacuated.

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