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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi

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portal bears many characteristic features common in most of the monumental portals from the Seljuk period and is called the Seljuk portal by scholars. THE HOSPITAL The Hospital, attached to the south wall of the mosque, is known to have been used as a madrasa during the 18th century. The rectangular building lids a longitudinal plan in its
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the south by Hekimhan, in Malatya province. Divriği was important during Seljuk times, especially under Mengücek rule (1071-1252) when it was the capital of their emirate. The complex, built on south-west slope of the citadel mound, comprises the Great Mosque, the Hospital attached to it on the south, and the Tomb on the northwest side of the
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the team-work of artists conducted during the Seljuk period, which unfortunately can only be traced from inscriptions and rare literary sources. Restorations The buildings of the complex have been restored several times from the 16th century up to the present. These restorations were mostly carried out on the west facade, east portal
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The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi, north portal.
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of many masons and artists. Due to its architecture and stone engravings, it has, together with the ancient hospital next to it, been included on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Back to
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Date of Inscription: 1985 Criteria: C (i) (iv)
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