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Mahmutbey Mosque ( tr, Mahmut Bey Cami) is a historical mosque in
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File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1642.jpg, Mahmut Bey Mosque in its garden
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1640.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque entrance
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1630.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque entrance door detail
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File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1407.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque view towards entrance
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1597.jpg, Mahmut Bey Mosque Interior
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File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1344.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque Interior with balconies
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1362.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque Ceiling from te ground
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1485.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque Interior painting detail
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1365.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque Interior painting detail
File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1446.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque Interior painting detail
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File:Mahmut Bey Mosque 1422.jpg, Kasaba Mahmut Bey Mosque The minber
Mahmutbey Mosque ( tr, Mahmut Bey Cami) is a historical mosque in Kasaba
Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade, but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any ancie ...
village in Kastamonu Province
Kastamonu Province ( tr, ) is one of the provinces of Turkey, in the Black Sea region to the north of the country. It is surrounded by Sinop to the east, Bartın, Karabük to the west, Çankırı to the south, Çorum to the southeast and the ...
, Turkey.
Kasaba was once an important settlement in Kastamonu Province. Now, it is a small village about to Kastamonu
Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 102,059 of which 64,606 live in the urban center of Kastamonu. (Population of the urban center in 2010 is 91,012.) The ...
. The 14th-century mosque of the village at is an important cultural building of the province.
The mosque
It was commissioned by Mahmut Bey, a member of Candarid house in 1366. The mosque is unique in its building technique for no cement is used in the construction, except for themihrab
Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...
. The roof too was constructed without using any metal element. In fact, it is also known as ''Çivisiz camii'' meaning "mosque without nails".The plan of the mosque is rectangular. It is one of the first wood columned and wood roofed mosques in Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
. The exterior of mosque was constructed by hewn stone. Ceiling of the building stands on four pillars. Inside the mosque, all the wood surfaces are decorated with vegetal paint colored ornaments.The portal of the mosque, which was a masterpiece of art. It is now kept in the Kastamonu Ethnography Museum.Ministry of Culture page /ref> A replica of the original portal has been mounted in place.
World Heritage Site status
The mosque was added to the tentative list in the cultural category ofUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
on April 15, 2014.Unesco page/ref>
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