Faith / Mosque
Saray Çapanoğlu Mosque
Yerköy, Yozgat
A mosque with wooden posts in Saray, attached to Yerköy, commissioned in 1749 by Çapanoğlu Ahmet Paşa according to its candlestick inscriptions.
Its story
The mosque in the Cumhuriyet neighborhood of Saray has no inscription; however, according to the inscriptions on its candlesticks, it was commissioned in 1749 (1163 AH) by Kapucubaşı Çapanoğlu Ahmet Paşa. The Çapanoğulları were a powerful notable (ayan) family of the Bozok (Yozgat) region in the 18th century. The prayer hall is divided into three aisles by two rows of four square-section wooden posts; to the north there is a gallery projecting like a balcony. Formerly all its walls were decorated with painted ornamentation; today only the wooden decoration remains. The building, whose minaret was added in 1957, was registered in 2001.
Key facts
- Plan
- Three-aisled with wooden posts
- Built
- 1749 (1163 AH), Çapanoğlu Ahmet Paşa
- Admission
- Free; outside prayer times
- Registered
- 2001
- Visit duration
- 15–20 minutes
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Quiet
Location
39.69188, 34.65344
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://kulturenvanteri.com/yer/capanoglu-camii-saray/ | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saray,_Yerk%C3%B6y | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132134346