Faith / Mosque
Çapanoğlu (Great) Mosque
Merkez, Yozgat
A mosque commissioned in 1779 by Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey, governor of the Bozok sanjak, one of the important examples of Turkish Baroque in Anatolia.
Its story
The Çapanoğlu Mosque was commissioned in 1779 by Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey, who governed the Bozok sanjak; it is popularly known as the Büyük (Great) Mosque or Ulu Mosque, and the Yozgat bazaar developed around it. The cut-stone inner mosque is covered with a dome 15.15 meters in diameter; the outer mosque was added in 1794 by his brother Süleyman Bey. With its interior decoration and Baroque minbar of colored veined marble, it is considered one of the most important examples of Turkish Baroque in Anatolia. In the tomb on the east facade are the sarcophagi of the Çapanoğlu family and notables of Yozgat. Light filtering through fifty-four windows keeps the interior bright.
Key facts
- Built
- 1779; outer mosque 1794
- Admission
- Free; outside prayer times
- Dome diameter
- 15.15 m
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
39.82187, 34.80558
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87apano%C4%9Flu_Camii | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87apano%C4%9Flu_Mosque | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16256444