Faith / Tomb (türbe)
Çifte Kümbet (Melike Adile Kümbet)
Melikgazi, Kayseri
A kümbet with an octagonal body on Sivas Bulvarı, built in 1247 for Melike Adile Hatun, wife of the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I.
Its story
The Çifte Kümbet (Twin Kümbet) takes its name from two kümbets that once stood side by side; one of them collapsed, while the one belonging to Melike Adile Hatun has survived intact. Melike Adile was the wife of Alaeddin Keykubad I; sources report that after she was killed on the orders of her stepson Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II, her daughters had this kümbet built in their mother's memory. The building, with an octagonal body rising on a square base, is dated to 1247–48 and is about 14.5 meters high. It is one of the farthest points of Kayseri's Kümbets Route.
Key facts
- Built
- 1247–1248
- Height
- About 14.5 m
- Admission
- Free (seen from outside)
- Getting there
- Near the Çifte Kümbet tram stop
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
38.73446, 35.53312
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://kayseri.ktb.gov.tr/TR-183172/kumbetler-rotasi.html | https://archives.saltresearch.org/handle/123456789/87708