AMASYA PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

Gumuslu Mosque

Either repaired or rebuilt after each fire or earthquake, this beautiful mosque, across Hükümet Bridge, has survived to this day. It is built on a slight ridge overlooking Yavuz Selim Square which makes it look grander than it really is.

Taceddin Mahmud Çelebi had the original mosque built in 1326. This wooden roofed building collapsed in the earthquake in 1419. Defterdar Mahmut Bey had it rebuilt in 1491. The mosque was heavily damaged during the fire of 1612 and Şemseddin Paşa had it repaired afterwards. It went through another repairwork in 1688. This repairwork was commissioned by Gümüşlüzade İbrahim Bey and the mosque was named after him after this repair. Unfortunately this was not the last time the mosque had to be repaired. Gümüşlü Mosque was repaired one more time after the fire in 1721 by the trustee of the foundation Mustafa Ağa.

This square planned mosque was built of hewn stones in its entirety. A portico was annexed to the building in 1903. This portico consists of five departments adjoined to one another and the bearing walls with lancet arches supported by wooden piers which also support the triangular facade of the wooden roof of the portico. On the northeast corner of the building is the cylindrical brickwork minaret built upon a square platform built of hewn stone. The interior is roofed by an octagonal dome with two windows on each side. The most important feature of the interior is the engravings which were made in 1960.


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